Thursday, September 6th, 2012
Adam Barruch’s I Had Myself a True Love had my vote as the winner of the DanceNOW Challenge at Joe’s Pub. On September 5, Barruch’s competition was nine other choreographers. Just like a prime-time dance competition, the sold-out audience was invited to judge and pick a favorite. The challenge for the artists was to create a work in under five minutes for the tiny cabaret stage that makes, in the words of producer Sydney Skybetter, “a clear concise artistic statement.” The odds were tipped toward Barruch. He was the only choreographer with two works on the program. Last year he was a DanceNOW winner. This year his new hyper-expressive solos to recorded music sung by Barbara Steisand opened and closed the hour-long evening at the smartly renovated Joe’s Pub.
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Tags: Adam Barruch, Alvin Ailey Foundation, Barbara Streisand, Charlie Chaplin, DanceNOW, I Had Myself a True Love, Joe's Pub, Lover Come Back To Me, New Directions Choreography Lab, Pina Bausch, Sydney Skybetter, The Juiliard School
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
By Rachel Straus March 29 – April 9 Eiko & Koma The Japanese avant-garde artists, whose home has been the U.S. since 1976, present the New York premiere of Naked at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. They will be intermittently naked, but what will stand out are their glacially slow movement tableaus that change one’s perception […]
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Tags: Armitage Gone! Dance, Dance Theater Workshop, DanceNOW, Flamenco, Joe's Pub, Kyle Abraham, Museum of Art and Design, New York City Ballet, P.S. 122, Paradigm, St. Mark's Church, The Joyce Theater
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