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Dance Review — India Jazz Suites, Where Kathak and Tap Meet

While jazz and classical Hindustani music, tap and kathak, share a number of striking elements, the collaboration presented in India Jazz Suites is not about “fusion.”

By: Ian Thal Filed Under: Dance, Featured, World Music Tagged: Chitresh Das Dance Company, ICA, India Jazz Suites, Jason Samuels Smith, Kathak, Pandit Chitresh Das, tap, World Music/Crash Arts

Fuse Film Review: The Ottawa Animation Shorts Festival

I recommend keeping an eye out for this and other animation shows at local, independent theaters and museums. You will be dazzled and amazed.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Featured, Film, Visual Arts Tagged: cartoons, ICA, Moxie, Ottawa Animation Shorts Festival, shorts, The Last Norwegian Troll, The Renter

Coming Attractions in Film: February 2012

You may be still catching up on the Academy Award, Golden Globe, People’s Choice, or SAG picks. But this month offers some rare and wonderful treats for film fans of all kinds.

By: Tim Jackson Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Film Tagged: ArtsEmerson, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Dreileben, Harvard Film Archive, ICA, If Not Us, REELAbilitiesBoston Film Festival, The B.U. Cinematheque Series, The Blue Kite, The Theatre Bizarre, Whit Stillman, Who

Dance Review: The Emperor’s New Threads

This is the fourth installment of Debra Cash’s coverage of events associated with the Institute of Contemporary Art’s Dance/Draw exhibition.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Visual Arts Tagged: Dance/Draw Series, ICA, Sarah Sze, The Untitled Still Life Collection, Trajal Harrell, zoe/juniper

Dance Review: Going with the Flow — Trisha Brown Dance at ICA

This is the third installment of Debra Cash’s coverage of events associated with the Institute of Contemporary Art’s Dance/Draw — this time around its an appreciation of the Trisha Brown Dance Company.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Featured Tagged: Dance/Draw Series, ICA, Trisha Brown, Trisha Brown Dance Company

Dance Review: Bel Tells — Cédric Andrieux through the lens of Jérôme Bel

The second installment in Debra Cash’s coverage of the ICA’s ambitious Dance/Draw series.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Film Tagged: Cédric Andrieux Concept, Dance/Draw Series, ICA, Jerome Bel, Merce Cunningham, Philippe Trehet, Trisha Brown

Visual Arts Feature: Lining It Up — Dance/Draw at the ICA

“Dance/Draw” at the ICA is a major exhibit about how moving bodies leave traces, what curator Helen Molesworth, not particularly originally, calls the “afterlife of dance.” To a lesser extent, it’s also about how visual artists think about motion when they’re not focused on particular bodies.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Visual Arts Tagged: Dance/Draw, Helen Molesworth, ICA

Coming Attractions in Theater: September 2010

A whole lot of deconstruction of the classics going on this month, along with productions of scripts by familiar homegrown names, from William Inge and David Mamet to Sarah Ruhl. A visit from a master puppeteer and a show about race that’s “recommended for mature audiences” look intriguing. By Bill Marx The Real Inspector Hound […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Theater Tagged: Alice vs. Wonderland, art, ArtsEmerson, Blair Thomas, Boston, Boston Marriage, Boston Playwrights Theatre, Bus Stop, Charlestown Working Theater, David Mamet, Five Down One Across, Fraulein Maria, Hard Headed Heart, Huntington-Theatre-Company, ICA, Lyric stage company of boston, Michael Towers, New England, New Repertory Theatre, Nicholas Martin, Perfect Harmony, Publick Theater Boston, Stoneham Theatre, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Real Inspector Hound, The Shipment, Theater, Young Jean Lee

Classical Music Sampler: August 2010

By Caldwell Titcomb August 3: The Old West Organ Society presents the award-winning, young organist Jacob Street in a program including works by Buxtehude, J. S. Bach, and Mendelssohn. He will also play music by Jean Langlais (1907-91) and Gaston Litaize (1909-91). At Old West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA, 8 p.m.

By: Caldwell Titcomb Filed Under: Classical Music, Coming Attractions, Music Tagged: Boston Chamber Music Soceity, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Caldwell-Titcomb, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Longwood Symphony, The Old West Organ Society

Theater Review: Superb American Bunraku

. . . these plays in their various modes approach the theater as a means of knowing and not merely as a means of expression. — Richard Gilman, “The Drama is Coming Now.” Disfarmer conceived, directed, and designed by Dan Hurlin. Original music by Dan Moses Scheier. Text by Sally Oswald. Part of the Emerging […]

By: Bill Marx Filed Under: Books, Featured, Theater Tagged: Dan Hurlin, Disfarmer, ICA, Mike Disfarmer, Photography, Theater

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