Dance

Dance Review: At Harvard Dance Center — Duet Variations

April 12, 2015
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Featuring seven short dances by stellar choreographers of contemporary dance, the Harvard Dance Center’s spring program promised some rare enlightenment.

Fuse Dance Feature: KEIGWIN + COMPANY — Choreographic Infectiousness

April 3, 2015
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“It takes a special choreographer to make audiences laugh, reflect, and empathize.”

Fuse Dance Review: The Extraordinary Ritual Remix of “Moses(es)”

April 2, 2015
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Moses(es) has many layers of metaphor and suggestion, but the surface is always visually intriguing, musically imaginative

Dance Review: Alvin Ailey Amplified

March 30, 2015
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There was more than one reference to Alvin Ailey himself in Odetta, recalling Ailey’s frequent use of a female protagonist and his choices of other noted black artists as inspiration.

Dance Interview: The Tamagawa Daigaku Taiko and Dance Group Comes to Town

March 29, 2015
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Boston was first introduced to ensemble taiko in 1975, when members of the Japanese group Kodō crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon and moments later performed.

Fuse Performance Review: Z Marks the Spot — Cirque Zíva Wows

March 27, 2015
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The Golden Dragon Acrobats’ Cirque Zíva is part dance, part acrobatics, and 100 percent spectacle.

Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “Shades of Sound” — Energetic Versatility

March 24, 2015
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Each piece is so different from the others in Shades of Sound that the evening provides something for everyone, giving the company a chance to showcase its phenomenal technique.

Dance Review: Dorrance Dance’s “Blues Project” — Keeping Tap Alive

March 15, 2015
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Without being at all didactic, Michelle Dorrance reveres tap history by adapting traditional ideas, then resolving them unexpectedly.

Dance Feature: “Available Light” — Revived at MASS MoCA

March 11, 2015
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In Available Light , Lucinda Childs’ dancers execute a series of movement phrases which to a viewer may seem simple, but in fact require intense focus and control on the dancers’ part.

Dance Review: At Dance Complex — Peter DiMuro’s Complexities

March 8, 2015
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Since joining the Dance Complex as executive director nearly two years ago, Peter DiMuro has been committed to widening the niche-bound notion of dance.

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