Marcia B. Siegel

Dance Review: Trophy Games at the Boston Ballet

November 1, 2016
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You’re not supposed to look for deep meaning in this often-revised jumbo of a ballet.

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Dance Review: BalletX — Fusion and Diffusion

October 24, 2016
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Ballet steps from the classroom were sprinkled in with modern dance, moonwalking, shimmies, groping duets, and any other kind of movement.

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Dance Review: Big Dance Party

October 17, 2016
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This is a theater of signals, like a fast-changing slide show of things we recognize and don’t quite recognize.

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Fuse Dance Review: Birds in the Hands — “The Firebird”

June 21, 2016
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The coincidence of two Firebirds in one weekend suggested a Compare-and-Contrast exercise.

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Dance Review: Breaking it in with a Bang

June 13, 2016
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The Bangs are masters in sending up the gelatinous sentimentality of popular culture, embracing it at the same time.

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Dance Review: Paula Josa-Jones — Shape Shifter

June 7, 2016
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Josa-Jones is a unique mover, totally committed to her movement, and totally moving in every body part.

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Fuse Dance Review: Four Flavors — “Mirrors” at Boston Ballet

May 9, 2016
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What interested me about Bitches Brew was the chance to discover how choreographer Karole Armitage re-rigs classical ballet steps.

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Dance Review: Swans’ Return at Boston Ballet

May 3, 2016
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Even the hippest of us can succumb to a deep longing for harmony, lush orchestration, and magic.

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Dance Review: Redefining Bling

April 11, 2016
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The dancers in Yanira Castro’s company, a canary torsi, learned historically correct period movements.

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Dance Review: Trajal Harrell — Dragging the Greeks

March 31, 2016
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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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