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Dance Review: “The Shape She Makes” — A Complex, Eloquent Hybrid of Dance and Theater

April 12, 2014
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“The Shape She Makes” proffers an eloquent fusion of language and movement that pushes the boundaries of dance and theater without embracing the opaqueness that marks so many experimental productions.

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Dance Review: If the Shoe Fits — Boston Ballet’s “Cinderella”

March 17, 2014
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Boston Ballet is showcasing a number of its ballerinas in the title role of Cinderella.

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Dance Feature: Boston Ballet’s “Close to Chuck”

March 1, 2014
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Surrounded by the gilded ornamentation of the Boston Opera house, the three minimalist pieces that make up “Close to Chuck” could not be any more of a contrast.

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Dance Review: TAO Dance Theater — All Wound Up

February 28, 2014
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If calculating pi to a far-off-integer isn’t for you, TAO Dance Theater’s baffling kinetic exploits may seem less like an incredible journey than a trudge to a dead end.

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Dance Review: A Memorable “Story/Time” From Bill T. Jones

February 24, 2014
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As for pulling out themes from Bill T. Jones’ gathering of tales, well, the bedrock of human existence seems to be very much on his mind — life and death, landscape and memory.

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Dance Review: Compagnie Käfig — Arbitrary Exoticism

February 8, 2014
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I get why Compagnie Käfig’s Correria/Agwa has been booked onto stages in 15 countries and counting. But the troupe’s polished athleticism comes at the sacrifice of hip hop dance’s precious anarchy.

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Fuse Dance News: The “Restless Creature” Takes A Rest

February 7, 2014
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Dancer Wendy Whelan will not be appearing under the auspices of the Celebrity Series of Boston as planned.

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Fuse Dance Review: PERFORMANCE — A Parade of Passersby

January 27, 2014
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No amount of postmodern theory can paper over the fact that a half-baked cake, even one made with tasty ingredients, fails to satisfy.

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Dance Remembrance: The Passing of a Denishawn Dancer

December 12, 2013
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Mona Rice, who performed Denishawn and who founded the dance department at the Cushing Academy as well as her own studio in Ashburnham, MA, died in Boston on November 26 at the age of 82.

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Dance Review: The Stephen Petronio Company — Creating Fascinating Structures of Dance

November 17, 2013
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I was mesmerized by the coherence of the shifting patterns, their ideas so clearly presented, even though the work by no means provided more than a suggestion of a story.

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