Marcia B. Siegel

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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Dance Review/Commentary: “The Grand Union” — The Story of the Accidental Anarchists of Downtown Dance

October 20, 2020
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This fascinating book, and the rich literature of films and writings around it, have helped me feel a bit more positive about these shrunken times.

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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.

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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).

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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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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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Book Review: The Lives They Wrote

May 2, 2019
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Two autobiographies by women who had some experience in legitimate theater, but they each gave their strongest allegiance to dance, specifically one choreographer.

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Dance Review: Batsheva Dance Company of Israel — Strange Encounters and Outbursts

April 9, 2019
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This mysterious dance may have no meaning at all beyond its cryptic theatricality and movement. Or it may mean a lot.

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