Dance critic, scholar, performer, activist Sally Banes died on 14 June in Philadelphia.
Dance
Arts Commentary: Constraint in Quarantine
Our eyes may be quarantined, but our minds are not.
Dance Commentary: Paul Taylor — Now You See It, Virtually
I’ve always believed that dance has a literature, much like music or drama. Dance’s literature consists of both ideas (choreography) and the execution of ideas (performance).
Arts Commentary: Helping Dance at a Time of Social Distancing
How, frankly, could I help people engage with their inherent creative powers and feel just a little bit better?
Dance Review: Camille A. Brown & Dancers — Ease, Grace, and Jubilation
It was a treat to see Camille A. Brown & Dancers inhabit (and elaborate on) a number of different African American dance traditions with such winning ease and grace.
Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “rEVOLUTION” — The Art of Evolution
Boston Ballet’s rEVOLUTION is memorable because of its duel commitment: it is both enormously entertaining as well as edifying.
Dance Review: Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group — Powerful Gifts
There’s hardly a minute in this hour-long show that isn’t stirred by singing, clapping, stomping, and drumming.
Dance Review: Korea’s Bereishit Dance Company — Addressing Violence, Beautifully
The amazing Bereishit Dance Company asks how dance fits into the physical world.
Dance Review: Boston Dance Theater — Going Berserk
The Boston Dance Theater’s talented group of dancers spent much of the performance nervously twitching and swaying.
Dance Highlights 2019
The dance revolution of the 1960s and 70s seems to be making a comeback as dancers think about making their performances less artificial, more “natural.”