Dance Review: Grupo de Rua -Running Backward, Moving Forward

This week at Dance Theater Workshop (DTW), Brazilian dance company Grupo de Rua ties together hip-hop, breakdancing, Capoeira, and modern dance in a virtuosic, yet sincere investigation of street dance. Choreographer Bruno Beltrão brings much more than his company of nine male dancers to New York City; he transports the less glamorous, but perhaps more […]

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Dance Review: Fresh Tracks Leaves a Definite Impression

Come to Fresh Tracks presented by Dance Theater Workshop and expect to be surprised.  Fresh Tracks 2010 offers some shocking works from new choreographers seeking to get their names out there. First on the program is up and down by Makiko Tamura who also dances in the piece alongside Ryoji Sasamoto. The dance is inspired […]

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Dance Review: Urban Bush Women, Unapologetically Zollar

Urban Bush Women presents an insightful evening of celebration at New York City’s Dance Theater Workshop entitled Zollar: Uncensored…  Jawole’s unapologetically raw interpretation of the beauty and strength of womanhood.  The show begins with Jawole herself standing in a pool of light and continues on with song.  The entire show is narrated by the voices […]

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Dance Review: Elfi Schaefer-Schafroth, Swiss Solo Show is Super-Inspirational

The Joyce SoHo often presents unique, even avant-garde artists, and Elfi Schaefer-Schafroth exemplifies this fact.  As a soloist choreographer and dancer, she has created more than five full-length solo works and toured the world performing them.  In her work, she may incorporate movement phrases given to her by an international group of her friends and […]

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Dance Review: Parsons’ Remember Me, the Rock-Dance Opera

Described as a “rock-dance opera” with lead vocalists and music from the East Village Opera Company, David Parsons’ Parsons Dance Company presents their Program A with an  evening length work, REMEMBER ME, now being performed at The Joyce Theater for it’s second season.  It’s an on-going trend to incorporate more live music into dance works […]

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Dance Review: José Limón Performs Timeless Works at BAC

José Limón Dance Company performs radiantly with timeless perfection!  Showcasing in New York City at Baryshnikov Arts Center, There is a Time, by Limón, and Rooms, by Limón’s close colleague Anna Sokolow, these two legends offer disparate and compelling visions of the same generation in American dance history, both of which to dancers’ delight still […]

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Dance Review: Győr National Ballet at The Joyce Theater

Győr National Ballet of Hungary exhibits a powerful cultural force in “A Stravinsky Evening” at The Joyce Theater.  The evening is composed of two ballets that have powerful messages involving human experience:  Petrushka, which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the fall of communism and, Rite of Spring, that documents a human sacrifice ritual.  Intense music […]

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Dance Review: STRIPPED with Doug Varone and Dancers at the 92nd Street Y

It is a rare occasion that the audience gets to watch a company showcase works that are in the making.  STRIPPED is just that; stripped of lighting, costumes, programs, and a formal theater.  The company showcases works both old and new, unfinished works wearing rehearsal clothes and dancing in a performance space where half the […]

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Dance Review: Beautiful Movers, Nicholas Andre Dance at Joyce SoHo

Nicholas Andre Dance never misses a step with thoughtful choreography and beautiful movers. Wired (world premiere) sets the tone of the night at Joyce SoHo as Nick Ross gives his dancers six concise choreographic themes from 2007 forward. Nicholas Andre Dance is a champion at concert dance forms with beautiful movement and well-trained bodies. Precision […]

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