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Dd Response: DanceBrazil at The Irvine Barclay Theatre
Light diffused across the stage of the Irvine Barclay Theatre to reveal members of DanceBrazil standing against a blue background, dressed in white. Their heads were tilted down and turned slightly to...
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Dd Response: Summation Dance Faces Down a 3rd Season at BAM
Breaking the fourth wall remains a risky business, requiring not only the full commitment of the performer but complete necessity, as an artistic choice, from the production. Lacking those two...
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Process and Performance: The Movement of El Anatsui at the Brooklyn Museum
Gli (Wall), 2010. Aluminum and copper wire, installation at the Brooklyn Museum, dimensions variable. Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui at the Brooklyn Museum features site-specific...
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Live Streaming TONIGHT 7:30p: Summer’s Different at La Mama
In Summer’s Different, live streaming via Culture Hub below, choreographer Tamar Rogoff is asking: “How does a family find its balance when one of its members suddenly reveals a gender identity that...
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Dd Response: Stephen Petronio Company’s Spring Revival at the Joyce
Spring is the season when the least mystical of New Yorkers find themselves praying for some kind of natural and personal resurrection, rolling the boulder away to emerge from the cave of winter. Last...
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Dd Response: Ballet BC at Irvine Barclay Theatre
Before Saturday at the Irvine Barclay Theater, the last time I had seen Rachel Meyer and Darren Devaney dance together was five years ago, during a rehearsal for my piece at San Francisco Conservatory...
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Dd Response: Finding Diverse Points of Reference in NYCB’s All Robbins Program
There are many choreographers who have neither the depth of ideas nor range to sustain a full evening and whose work is best suited to splitting a bill with another artistic voice. Jerome Robbins is...
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Motion Dance Theatre: Nick Kepley Creates an Artistic Oasis in Asheville, NC
For three weeks every summer, Motion Dance Theatre transforms the city of Asheville into an artistic destination for dancers, dance makers, and dance lovers alike. This season, nine dancers from six...
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Dd Response: Unpacking Paradox in ABT’s Shostakovich Trilogy
Dmitiri Shostakovich is the kind of artist whose work invites intrigue. He composed under an intensely fearful and repressive regime, prompting many of his listeners to try to read between the phrases...
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Dd Response: RIOULT’s Woeful Woman and Magnificent Machinery
When I was a kid, Edith Hamilton’s Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes was a favorite of mine. I would read one chapter at a time, savoring the myths as dramatic treats to be consumed...
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Dd Critical Conversation: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago/LINES Ballet...
After attending a joint performance by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and LINES Ballet last week during Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center in Los Angeles, I spoke with HSDC dancer...
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Capturing Music, Releasing Dance: Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and...
I’m intrigued by the idea of new dance work stemming from new music. Choreographers regularly commission a composer to create music for their dances, but how often do composers commission...
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Dd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 1 of 20/20
Dd is pleased to announce 20/20, our dance video countdown to National Dance Day on July 27th. For the next nineteen days we will be posting a dance video to our site every day, curated by our own...
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Dd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 2 of 20/20
Enjoy this new video just released by Dd contributor Lara Wilson and Jonah Einstein. Happy Tuesday! Testimonials: A Dance Film from Jonah Einstein on Vimeo. Don’t forget to nominate a video for day 20...
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Dd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 3 of 20/20
This Wednesday, the video fairy brings an Under One dance film featuring Mei Yamanaka to Dd. 17 more videos to come in the next 17 days! Under One: Mei Yamanaka. Wythe Ave & North 13th Street,...
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Dd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 4 of 20/20
Hallberg at Work…Day 4′s dance video needs no further introduction. Plus, a throwback Thursday video for fun: Inspired now?! Send us a link of your nomination for the Day 20 dance video in...
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Dd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 5 of 20/20
TGIF–this fun video from Season 2 of TenduTV’s Essential Dance Film series might get you in the mood for a night out or at least help bridge the gap between the often dueling and grueling jobs of...
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Dd Preview of Jody Oberfelder’s 4Chambers: A heart to heart
The house looks like a Norman Rockwell painting: quintessential Americana, rocking chair included. Step inside, however, and you begin an interactive journey through a dance performance that leads you...
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Dd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 6 of 20/20
Do you feel like the ballet world is less glamorous than it used to be? Today’s video linking ballet and fashion is for you: Are you a dance documentarian? What is your favorite dance video or short...
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Dd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 7 of 20/20
Day 7 rounds out the week with Dance + Art. A video that explores the collaboration between Random Dance and Random International, two groups of artists who put the body at the center of their artistic...
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