Mary Paula Hunter

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: José Limón Company at Jacob’s Pillow — Empowering and Necessary

July 14, 2020
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Kudos to Jacob’s Pillow for this stellar beginning to a digital season of dance.

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Theater Review: “A Tale of Two Cities” — Beware the Revolution!

February 27, 2020
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Given Dickens’ penny-a-word driven verbosity and his fondness for resolving every plot point with a flurry of coincidences, adapter McEleney seems undecided: is this history play a tragedy or a farce?

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Theater Review: August Wilson’s “Radio Golf” — The Culture We Build

February 10, 2020
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The message of August Wilson’s final play: the future rests not on the number of Whole Foods we build but on the culture we value.

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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: “Dances by Isadora” — Freedom to Move

June 26, 2019
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A passion for authenticity characterized this mesmerizing program from beginning to end.

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Theater Review: BalletX — Plenty of Spunk

May 15, 2019
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Here was another (all-too) typical example of ballet companies reinforcing a patriarchy that hardly reflects the number of women in their ranks.

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Theater Review: Gamm Theatre’s “The Night Watch” — Living With Fear

January 27, 2019
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The Night Watch supplies a powerful kickoff for the Gamm Theatre’s 2019 season.

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Favorite Dance Performances of 2018

December 28, 2018
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Our critics pick some of the highlights of the year in dance.

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Dance Review: “Have You Seen Me” – More Dance, Less Message

May 3, 2018
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An intriguing cross-disciplinary concept gave birth to a pallid, underrehearsed production.

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