Marcia B. Siegel
You’re not supposed to look for deep meaning in this often-revised jumbo of a ballet.
Ballet steps from the classroom were sprinkled in with modern dance, moonwalking, shimmies, groping duets, and any other kind of movement.
This is a theater of signals, like a fast-changing slide show of things we recognize and don’t quite recognize.
The Bangs are masters in sending up the gelatinous sentimentality of popular culture, embracing it at the same time.
Josa-Jones is a unique mover, totally committed to her movement, and totally moving in every body part.
What interested me about Bitches Brew was the chance to discover how choreographer Karole Armitage re-rigs classical ballet steps.
Even the hippest of us can succumb to a deep longing for harmony, lush orchestration, and magic.
The dancers in Yanira Castro’s company, a canary torsi, learned historically correct period movements.
Twenty Looks has put a lot under its belt since Trajal Harrell began his research. It’s bigger now, but I’m not sure it’s any more profound.
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