Posts Tagged ‘Joyce Theater’
Monday, February 9th, 2015
Perhaps we are returning to the era of dance as a solo act. That’s what I was thinking while watching the 16-member Nederlands Dans Theater 2. In three of the four works presented at the Joyce Theater on February 7, the ensemble dances devolved into a series of solos. This trend occurred for no apparent reason. Insiders know, however, that it’s a lot easier to make solos than group choreography
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Tags: Gal Behar, Getrude Stein, I New Then, Imre Van Opstal, Jiri Kylian, Johan Inger, Joyce Theater, Nederlands Dance Theater 2, Paul Lightfoot, Picasso, Rachel Straus, Sara, Sharon Eyal, Sol Leon, Spencer Dickhaus
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
By Rachel Straus May 1-2 Guggenheim Museum The popular Works + Process series presents “American Ballet Theatre on to Act II.” Current ABT dancers will perform excerpts from their upcoming Metropolitan Opera House season. ABT alumni will discuss the challenges dancers face in the second act of their careers. You can watch the event each […]
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Tags: 92nd St. Y, Alexei Ratmansky, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Andrew Nemr, Antony Tudor, Apollo Theater, BAC Flicks, Balanchine, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Benjamin Millepied, Bharata Natyam, Camille A. Brown, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Charles Atlas, Christopher Wheeldon, Dances Patrelle, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Gilbert & Sullivan, Guggenheim Museum, Gus Solomons, Joyce Theater, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Marshall Davis, Mats Ek, Mondays with Merce, Movement Research, Nancy Dalva, New York City Ballet, New York City Dance Parade, Odissi, Patti Lupone, Pedro Ruiz, Rafael Bonachela, Sakshi Productions, Sydney Dance Company, Trisha Brown, Wendy Whelan, “Giselle, “Lady of the Camellias, ” Dakshina Company, ” “Cinderella, ” “Coppelia, ” “Don Quixote, ” “Swan Lake, ” “The Sleeping Beauty
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Monday, January 31st, 2011
By Rachel Straus February 4 and 5 @ 8:00 p.m. Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet at City Center Magloire’s choreographic inspiration is music. Lately, the German-born, composer-choreographer has been inviting emerging dance makers to his evenings at City Center’s studio. The program will include three world premieres: Constantine Baecher’s Sketches Of A Woman Remembering (a […]
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Tags: 92nd St. Y, Baryshnikov Arts Center, City Center, Joe's Pub, Joyce Theater, New York City Ballet, Town Hall
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
by Rachel Straus Sometimes it helps to be overtly theatrical. Take Adam Barruch. At Dance Theater Workshop (January 5 and 6), the choreographer-performer opened the Emerging Artists showcase as though he were hit by lightening. Barruch’s ferociously physical attack belies his boyish, slight-of-hip appearance. Under a pool of light, he slammed his fist like a […]
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Tags: Baryshnikov Arts Center, Dance Theater Workshop, Joyce Theater
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