Dance
Where “Little Rhapsodies” is a ballet that winks with the implication that no one will really get hurt, “Crisis Variations”, choreographed last season, lurches into the void.
Read MoreThe 1930s urban update of “Cinderella” proffers some clumsiness, but the dancing by the expert members of the Mariinsky Ballet is a treat.
Read MoreNo question that the culture of Mexico is suffused with memories of music, bright colors, and joy. Would that contemporary political realities reflected more closely the life-enhancing images on stage.
Read MoreAnna Sokolow’s art was the gift of distillation, designed around the choreographic mot juste and saying only that and nothing else. Performed by the right dancers, adequately coached, that simplicity can be resonant.
Read MoreArts Remembrance: The Man Who Colored Outside the Lines — An Appreciation of Remy Charlip, 1929-2012
The late Remy Charlip always crossed from the visual to the kinetic and back again.
Read MoreThis is the first of a series of occasional essays where Fuse Dance Critic Debra Cash will reflect on dances made for camera and new technologies. As they used to say, don’t touch that dial!
Mark Morris, no longer dancing, joined his company for the curtain call. He’s beloved here, a part of the contemporary dance scene in Boston over the decades as a performer, a choreographer for the Boston Ballet, a teacher, and an inspiration to a number of local performers.
Read MoreTo his credit, Boston Ballet’s artistic director Mikko Nissinen is looking far and wide for ways to expand the company’s repertory.
Read MoreThe new documentary,
Dance Commentary: In Short Order
None of the Boston Dances Made to Order submissions dodged dance-on-camera cliches. There was a lot random dancing outdoors, body parts — especially hands and feet — shot in close-up, and random objects (mirrors, food) revealed by camera pans.
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