Dance

Dance Preview: Compagnie Shantala Shivalingappa at the ICA

February 21, 2015
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The Boston debut of internationally-acclaimed classical Indian dance performer Shantala Shivalingappa.

Dance Review: “Gumshoes in Tap Shoes” — Sleuthing for a Voice

February 9, 2015
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Gumshoes in Tap Shoes, a dance noir with ’60s big-band music from the likes of Henry Mancini, is an ambitious project.

Dance Review: Smile and Sneer — Mark Morris at the ICA

January 24, 2015
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Now 58, the noted choreographer’s succinct gestural language, coincident use of music and musical ideas, and spatial elasticity is now completely second nature.

Dance Preview: Radio Dancing — A Conversation with Monica Bill Barnes

January 17, 2015
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Monica Bill Barnes’s choreographic method can be characterized as make ’em laugh, then make ’em think.

Dance Interview: Debra Cash Named Executive Director of Boston Dance Alliance

January 8, 2015
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“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?”

Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “Swan Lake” – A Reverent Visit into the World of Renaissance European Fairy Tale

November 4, 2014
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If 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.

Dance Review: Pilobolus Provides Plenty of Joie de Vivre at Citi Shubert Theatre

October 29, 2014
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An evening with Pilobolus is among the most viewer-friendly of dance experiences.

Dance Review: Howling Wolf—Abraham.In.Motion at the ICA

October 12, 2014
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One 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.

Dance Review: Hat Trick — Doug Elkins at Jacob’s Pillow

August 15, 2014
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Doug 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.

Dance Feature: Wonder X 2

June 23, 2014
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In red gloves and dark glasses, popping and locking, the Wondertwins are both imposing humans and robotic objects, organic and mechanical reproduction.

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