Dance
What I didn’t see opening night was passion. The characters, all living on the edge of respectability, are comfortable in their own world, but as individuals most of them don’t assert themselves.
Read MoreThe Boston debut of internationally-acclaimed classical Indian dance performer Shantala Shivalingappa.
Read MoreGumshoes in Tap Shoes, a dance noir with ’60s big-band music from the likes of Henry Mancini, is an ambitious project.
Read MoreNow 58, the noted choreographer’s succinct gestural language, coincident use of music and musical ideas, and spatial elasticity is now completely second nature.
Read More“My first order of business is to do a listening tour. I will have the same question for everyone I meet: what do you need to do your work?”
Read MoreIf you know Swan Lake, there will be few structural surprises. Girl turned into swan, prince falls in love, prince gets fooled, they both feel really terrible, and die.
Read MoreAn evening with Pilobolus is among the most viewer-friendly of dance experiences.
Read MoreOne of the reasons audiences and funders love Kyle Abraham’s work is that the layered landscapes of his dances resonate with the fraught conditions outside the theatre.
Read MoreDoug Elkins’ take on Othello is entirely of our era, when domestic abuse is finally a public discussion and a complex story of betrayal can be conveyed with pop culture efficiency.
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