Dance

Classical Album Review: François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles — “Stravinsky: Ballets Russes”

August 24, 2021
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Texturally, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles’ serve up diaphanous performances.

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Dance Review: LA’s Contra-Tiempo — An Ecstatic Dance for Justice

July 31, 2021
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Contra-Tiempo sees the pandemic as an invitation for transformation: the performance questioned who we are, how do we move among each other, and what gives us joy.

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Dance Review: Paris Opera Ballet’s “Body and Soul” — Dark and Potent Boogie

July 8, 2021
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Body and Soul generates a whirligig of passions — joy, frustration, pleasure, and rage.

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Dance Review: Abilities Dance Boston’s “Firebird Ballet” — Taking Inspiring Flight

May 21, 2021
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Re-envisioning and performing this beloved classic ballet with dancers that identify as disabled seems to me to be the definition of courageous.

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Classical CD Review: Elliott Carter Ballets

May 9, 2021
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Bottom line: these are excellent performances and a valuable documentation of Elliott Carter’s early work.

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Classical CD Review: A Ballet of Human Sacrifice — Set in Ancient Mexico or Post–World War I Germany?

May 1, 2021
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Egon Wellesz’s Weimar era critique of the cruelty of nations that are victorious in war still rings hauntingly true.

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Dance Review: “Postcards from the Front” — A Pandemic Time Capsule

April 20, 2021
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The 51-minute piece represents a digital time capsule. It comprises 16 short episodes — reflections in movement of lives caught inside the pandemic — crafted by dance-maker collaborators.

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Arts Feature: Dance Favorites of 2020

December 12, 2020
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Community is what I miss most of all the pandemic’s deprivations—doing stuff with others.

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Dance Review — Reclaiming Space, Quarry Dance IX

December 4, 2020
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The film allowed me to see the dancers’ connections to each other, and their connections to the quarries themselves.

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Classical Album Review: Commedia dell’arte Clowns in a World of Heartbreak

December 3, 2020
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Dohnányi and Schnitzler’s “pantomime” The Veil of Pierrette receives its first, and resplendent, recording.

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