Thursday, April 18, 2024

Dance Review: 2009 DanceNOW…. God, I Hope Not!

It was a rainy night in Manhattan, you know what that means?  I have a modern dance show to review, and, after the first 1/2, boy I was bitter about it.  There is nothing I hate more than bad modern dance.  Hint:  No one wants to see lunges and un-pointed feet unless there is a […]

Dance Review: Miro Magliore’s New Chamber Ballet

There is no doubt that Miro Magliore is a master of musicality.  On Friday, September 11 Magliore presents his company, New Chamber Ballet in Studio 4 at the New York City Center. The program features five pieces and is broken up with tiny talks by Magliore himself. The movement in Romantic Pieces speaks to me […]

Dance Review: Above and Beyond Dance Lives up to the Name, Stepping up their Game in “Ascendance”

It is through the performance of “Ascendance” that the Above and Beyond Dance company strives to encapsulate and ascend the trials of this life, not excluding the difficulties faced in the dance world.  It is an admirable task this company tries to tackle-transforming circus arts, with their tradition of tricks for entertainment, into an expressive […]

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