Dance

Dance Review: Kelley Donovan’s Tides of Thought

March 19, 2018
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Kelley Donovan believes every dancer should own her movement, not just perform it.

Dance Preview: Dada Masilo’s “Giselle” at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College

March 16, 2018
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This Hopkins Center production will be the US premiere of Dada Masilo’s much-anticipated reimagined version of Giselle.

Dance Review: Boston Ballet – Revisiting

March 12, 2018
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What a treat to see choreographers of different generations concentrating on ballet itself and asking the audience to appreciate what ballet can do.

Dance Review: BB@home — Trainees’ Playground

February 4, 2018
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The show, organized by associate director of BB II Peter Stark, was built to show off the talents and challenge the performing chops of the young dancers.

Dance Interview: Turkish-born Choreographer Korhan Basaran

January 25, 2018
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“I’m trying to be at peace with not being a happy person. It’s ok to not be happy but to do something for the betterment of humanity.”

Dance Review: Compagnie Hervé Koubi — Looping through the Categories

January 17, 2018
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Performance has always included sex and physicality in its attractions. Koubi’s work tries to move the spectators to a higher level.

Favorite Dance Performances of 2017

December 30, 2017
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A quartet of critics serve up the highlights in dance for 2017.

Dance Review: Assorted Nuts

December 19, 2017
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One thing the traditional Nutcracker doesn’t do is funny, though it can be charming and even amusing.

Dance Feature: Alvin Ailey and Boston’s Elma Lewis — Beautiful Beyond Resistance

December 13, 2017
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The Celebrity Series of Boston gathered a distinguished multi-generational panel to consider both the legacy of Alvin Ailey and of Elma Lewis.

Dance Review: “New Work for Goldberg Variations” — Probing the Infinite

December 11, 2017
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One fascinating aspect of this collaboration is that the dance and music harmonize but don’t mimic each other.

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