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Classical CD Review: Elliott Carter Ballets

Bottom line: these are excellent performances and a valuable documentation of Elliott Carter’s early work.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Dance, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Ballets, BMOP/sound, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Ellliot Carter, Gil-Rose, Pocahontas, The Minotaur.

Classical CD Review: A Ballet of Human Sacrifice — Set in Ancient Mexico or Post–World War I Germany?

Egon Wellesz’s Weimar era critique of the cruelty of nations that are victorious in war still rings hauntingly true.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Dance, Music, Review Tagged: Bertolt Brecht, Capriccio, Die Opferung des Gefangenen, Egon Wellesz, Friedrich Cerha, Ralph Locke, The Sacrifice of the Prisoner)

Dance Review: “Postcards from the Front” — A Pandemic Time Capsule

The 51-minute piece represents a digital time capsule. It comprises 16 short episodes — reflections in movement of lives caught inside the pandemic — crafted by dance-maker collaborators.

By: Thea Singer Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Irene Lutts, J. Michael Winward, Olivia Blaisdell, Peter DiMuro, Postcards from the Front, Public Displays of Motion

Arts Feature: Dance Favorites of 2020

Community is what I miss most of all the pandemic’s deprivations—doing stuff with others.

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Dance, Featured Tagged: Bereishit Dance Company, Camille A. Brown & Company:, Jacob Pillow Virtual Festival, Jessica Lockhart, Jose Limon Dance Company, Marcia B. Siegel, Mary Paula Hunter, POWER, Reggie Wilson, Thea Singer

Dance Review — Reclaiming Space, Quarry Dance IX

The film allowed me to see the dancers’ connections to each other, and their connections to the quarries themselves.

By: Marcia B. Siegel Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Dušan Týnek, Lisa Hahn, Marcia B. Siegel, Quarry Dance IX, Russ Gershon, Windhover for Performing Arts

Classical Album Review: Commedia dell’arte Clowns in a World of Heartbreak

Dohnányi and Schnitzler’s “pantomime” The Veil of Pierrette receives its first, and resplendent, recording.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Dance, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Arthur Schnitzler, Capriccio, Ernst von Dohnányi, Ralph P. Locke, The Veil of Pierrette

Dance News: Heartbreaking Loss at Jacob’s Pillow

With great sightlines from every one of its 216 seats, the Doris Duke Theatre space made for intimate, often enthralling encounters with movement.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Fuse News Tagged: Doris Duke Theatre

Dance Review/Commentary: “The Grand Union” — The Story of the Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance

This fascinating book, and the rich literature of films and writings around it, have helped me feel a bit more positive about these shrunken times.

By: Marcia B. Siegel Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Marcia B. Siegel, The Grand Union - Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance, Wendy Perron, Wesleyan University Press

Dance Feature: The “Table of Silence Project 9/11” — Reimagined

“We will step to the edge of our humanity, expressing the commonalities that we all share, the threads that bind and connect us all.”

By: Thea Singer Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Interview Tagged: Jacqulyn Buglisi, Lincoln Center at Home, Table of Silence Project 9/11.

Dance Review: “And Still You Must Swing” — Tap Dance as Exhilaration and Inspiration

This terrific performance was the grand finale from a beloved dance festival doing its best under enormous pressure.

By: Jessica Lockhart Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: And Still You Must Swing, Derek K. Grant, Dormeshia, Jacob’s Pillow Virtual Festival, Jason Samuel Smith, Jessica Lockhart

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