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Dance Review: Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group — Powerful Gifts

February 24, 2020
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There’s hardly a minute in this hour-long show that isn’t stirred by singing, clapping, stomping, and drumming.

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Dance Review: Korea’s Bereishit Dance Company — Addressing Violence, Beautifully

February 11, 2020
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The amazing Bereishit Dance Company asks how dance fits into the physical world.

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Dance Review: Boston Dance Theater — Going Berserk

December 24, 2019
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The Boston Dance Theater’s talented group of dancers spent much of the performance nervously twitching and swaying.

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Dance Highlights 2019

December 12, 2019
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The dance revolution of the 1960s and 70s seems to be making a comeback as dancers think about making their performances less artificial, more “natural.”

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Book Review: The ‘Papa’ of Male Modern Dance, Ted Shawn — A Story of Changing Norms

December 9, 2019
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In this new biography, Ted Shawn is on display in all his narcissism, paternalism, hypocrisy, originality, and the dedication to creative expression that set American modern dance on its way.

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Dance Review: “Object.” — Objectifying Women, Intensely

November 20, 2019
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We are immersed for 70-minutes in a powerful evocation of the destructive culture created by men who treat women as sex objects.

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Dance Review: Fernanda Ghi Dance Company — Passion, Fury, and Enigma

October 17, 2019
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Black + White from the Fernanda Ghi Dance Company was provocative, dramatic, and oh-so-mysterious.

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Dance Review: “Giselle” Now — at the Boston Ballet

October 1, 2019
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The performance I saw on Friday night revealed Boston Ballet’s priorities: while the dancers possess a high degree of technical skills, they have a looser notion of nuanced acting.

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Dance Review: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas — Phase by Phase

September 24, 2019
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Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker invites the audience to let go of outside distractions and meditate on our own deeper feelings.

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Dance Review: Red Sky Performance — A Stunning Look into the Origins of Things

August 20, 2019
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Red Sky Performance’s hold-your-breath physicality provides plenty of “wow factor.”

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