Dance

Dance Commentary: Sally Banes (1950-2020)

June 22, 2020
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Dance critic, scholar, performer, activist Sally Banes died on 14 June in Philadelphia.

Arts Commentary: Constraint in Quarantine

May 7, 2020
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Our eyes may be quarantined, but our minds are not.

Dance Commentary: Paul Taylor — Now You See It, Virtually

April 23, 2020
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I’ve always believed that dance has a literature, much like music or drama. Dance’s literature consists of both ideas (choreography) and the execution of ideas (performance).

Arts Commentary: Helping Dance at a Time of Social Distancing

March 15, 2020
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How, frankly, could I help people engage with their inherent creative powers and feel just a little bit better?

Dance Review: Camille A. Brown & Dancers — Ease, Grace, and Jubilation

March 10, 2020
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It was a treat to see Camille A. Brown & Dancers inhabit (and elaborate on) a number of different African American dance traditions with such winning ease and grace.

Dance Review: Boston Ballet’s “rEVOLUTION” — The Art of Evolution

March 4, 2020
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Boston Ballet’s rEVOLUTION is memorable because of its duel commitment: it is both enormously entertaining as well as edifying.

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.

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.

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.

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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