Dance Review: The Stephen Petronio Company Springs Forward in its 25th Anniversary Celebration of Unique Work
May 25, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Reviews
Stephen Petronio is living his moment the opening night of his New York season at the Joyce Theater. Located in Chelsea, the posh notoriously gay neighborhood, the Joyce Theater is swarming with just the type. The bar is busy, with people partaking of the specialty cocktail “Love Me Tender” and cherry flavored popcorn, both in […]
Dance Review: The Whiz is Wicked, Fun, and Fierce!
May 25, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, iDANZ Features, Reviews
A hip new version of The Whiz: Emerald City is whizzing about New York City, courtesy of nicholas leichter dance. With an amazing recent run at Joe’s Pub, this production is provocative and unique, blending new music and fresh moves. Without a solid yellow brick road to follow, the numbers flow easily from one to […]
Dance Review: The Richmond Ballet – Versatility and Seamlessness, The Whole Package
April 10, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Ballet, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, iDANZ Features, Reviews
The Richmond Ballet’s performance at The Joyce Theater on Wednesday night achieves a feat which few ballet companies can successfully pull off. They manage to master the classical ballet aesthetic of clean, long lines in the first piece of the night, Violin, while demonstrating their contemporary and modern movement mastery with Misa Criolla. The final […]
Dance Review: Crossing Over, Passing Through -Dance Brazil at The Joyce Theater
April 4, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Reviews
DanceBrazil continues to blur the boundary between capoeira and modern dance with their latest season at The Joyce Theater Formed by choreographer Jelon Vieira in 1977, DanceBrazil incorporates elements of Afro-Brazilian culture, especially the martial art of Capoeira, into their modern dance works. On Wednesday evening, the company presented two pieces at the Joyce Theater: […]
Dance Review: K+C= Genius, Keigwin + Company at The Joyce Theater
April 1, 2010 by iDANZ Today
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Keigwin + Company has done it again! But this time, in the major league. K+C has pulled off a very successful solo week of performances at the Joyce Theater. But, would you expect otherwise? Keigwin has an enticing creativity and wit that lures you into his world. Once you’re there you’re bound to come back […]
Dance Review: Alexandance at Triskelion Arts
March 31, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Performance Art - Dance
Alexandance’s first full length show, A Vertiable Smorgasbord, is a fascinating glimpse into worlds both funny and fierce. Presented by Triskelion Arts, choreographers Alex Springer and Xan Burley lay it all on the line in a jam-packed evening of short dances ranging from wittily astute to traumatically effective. The gems of the evening are two […]
Dance Review: Bring Your Lungs, Amy Marshall at Ailey Citigroup
March 29, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, iDANZ Features, Reviews
Go see Amy Marshall at Ailey Citigroup to witness the polarities one dance company can embody in 90 minutes of work. Brought to life with some of the most confident technique and fierce execution of ballet and modern choreography, Marshall’s dancers bring their audience to roaring cheers numerous times. Opening with 2005’s English Suite, a […]
Dance Review: Corella Ballet Castilla y Leon at City Center, NYC
March 22, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Ballet, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, iDANZ Features, Reviews
Corella Ballet Castilla y Leon’s weekend at City Center is a ballet feast. Serving up everything from a tidbit of Swan Lake to an exciting new work from ballet’s newest it-boy Christopher Wheeldon to former ABT stars, Corella’s brand new company shows that it has the mettle to not only bring more ballet to Spain, […]
Dance Review: Kyle and Rosenblit Hit St. Marks Church
March 19, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Performance Art - Dance, Reviews
Jen Rosenblit and Katy Pyle’s split bill this week at St. Marks church is one of the most intelligently irreverent new dance shows I’ve seen this year. Rarely does work from emerging artists appear this well developed, this well rehearsed, and this conceptually clear. Rosenblit opens the program with her newest duet, When Them, for […]
Dance Review: Technology mash-up – koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO presents Blocks of Continuality/ Body, Image and Algorithm at DTW
March 17, 2010 by iDANZ Today
Filed under iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Performance Art - Dance, Reviews
“Standby . . . Ready . . . Go. Go. Go.” The technicians, musician, and performers at DTW’s presentation of koosil-ja/danceKumiko’s Blocks of Continuality/ Body, Image and Algorithm prepare for each part of the evening with verbal checks and affirmations. In most dance performances, there are aspects of the work that the choreographer and performers […]
