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Dance Review: Sankofa Danzafro’s Passionate and Painful “Accommodating Lie”

March 1, 2022
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Sankofa Danzafro’s Accommodating Lie, is a bold work of art that delivers an indispensable history lesson.

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Author Interview: Vermont’s John Killacky — At the Service of Art, Critique, and Civic Conversation

October 11, 2021
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“I believe artists create a safe space for unsafe ideas in our world.”

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Dance Review: Magic Afoot

September 30, 2021
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Energizing, joyful, expert, close to sure-fire, Chasing Magic was a great choice to reopen A.R.T. after the long pandemic shutdown.

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Short Fuse Podcast #44: Bloodlines, Punk, and Other Delights

September 28, 2021
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Elizabeth Howard talks to Stephen Petronio, choreographer, dancer, and the artistic director of the Stephen Petronio Company, about what plans forward-thinking artists have for the future.

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Dance Review Flashback: The Irrepressible Dorrance Dance at Jacob’s Pillow

September 22, 2021
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I can still feel the exhilaration, the rush of the opening of things, from that day.

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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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