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World Music

Dance Review: Compagnie Hervé Koubi — Looping through the Categories

Performance has always included sex and physicality in its attractions. Koubi’s work tries to move the spectators to a higher level.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Compagnie Hervé Koubi, Marcia B. Siegel, World Music

Dance Review: Gallim Dance’s “WHALE” — Strictly Small Fry

Nothing in this over-lengthy work refers to whales, the ocean, or even the fishing industry.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Andrea Miller, CRASHarts, Gallim Dance, Mary Paula Hunter, WHALE, World Music

World Music Feature: Libana Marks 35 Years of Musical Exploration

“They are seekers, like we are, and they connect with the music that we play.”

By: Jason M. Rubin Filed Under: Featured, Music, World Music Tagged: dance ensemble, Libana, Susan Robbins, World Music

World Music CD Review: Globetrotting Musician Stephan Micus — “Smartly Sublime”

Claims that Stephan Micus erases international boundaries and makes one-world music get it backward. You visit his world on his records.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Featured, Music, Review, World Music Tagged: ECM, Milo Miles, Nomad Songs, Stephan Micus, World Music

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, visual arts, author readings, and dance that’s coming up this week.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Author readings, Bill-Marx, Dance, Debra Cash, Film, Jazz, Jon Garelick, Matt Hanson, Noah Schaffer, peter-Walsh, roots music, Theater, Tim Jackson, Visual Arts, World Music

Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, film, theater, author readings, visual arts, and dance that’s coming up this week.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Author readings, Bill-Marx, Dance, Debra Cash, Film, Jazz, Jon Garelick, Matt Hanson, Noah Schaffer, peter-Walsh, Roots, Theater, Tim Jackson, Visual Arts, World Music

Fuse Coming Attractions: What Will Light Your Fire This Week

Arts Fuse critics select the best in music, theater, dance, and film that’s coming up this week.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Fuse News, Preview Tagged: Adam Ellsworth, Dance, Debra Cash, J-R-Carroll, Jazz, Noah Schaffer, rock, Roots, World Music

Roots and World Music Preview: Late summer/early fall festivals and concerts

The last of the summer festivals are finalizing their lineups just as many of the fall indoor festivals have announced theirs.

By: Noah Schaffer Filed Under: Coming Attractions, Featured, Preview Tagged: Roots, World Music

Dance Review: Viva Ballet Folklórico de México!

No question that the culture of Mexico is suffused with memories of music, bright colors, and joy. Would that contemporary political realities reflected more closely the life-enhancing images on stage.

By: Iris Fanger Filed Under: Dance, Featured Tagged: Ballet Folklórico de México, World Music

Music Review: Regina Carter — A Genius Comes to Rockport

With Reverse Thread, Regina Carter moves beyond conventional boundaries, her music a rich blend of jazz and world music—a cross-cultural exploration of modern and traditional music that expands the boundaries of both genres. Regina Carter. At the Shalin Liu Performance Center, September 24. Her album is Reverse Thread (E1 Entertainment). Carter will be performing in […]

By: Jim Ball Filed Under: Featured, Music Tagged: Jazz, Regina Carter, Reverse Threads, violin, World Music

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