Dance Review: A Noontime Lunch Break Roars with a Bang, Downtown Dance Festival
August 24, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, iDANZ Features, Other Dance, Performance Art - Dance, Reviews
The Downtown Dance Festival roars in the weekend with a bang for a noontime lunch crowd on Friday, August 21. Featuring five hot dance companies, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, isadoraNOW, C3 Tap Co-operative, Stefanie Nelson Dance Group, and Naomi Goldberg Haas/Dances for a Variable Population, this free event at Chase Plaza is part of a […]
Dance Review: Sad day for Downtown, Dance, and Festivals
August 20, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Other Dance, Reviews
The opening day of the 28th Annual Downtown Dance Festival was not the best representation of what is happening in downtown, or in dance or in any festival I have been to. I found the program to be long, boring, and under rehearsed. There are some saviors, but overall, the first day of the 28th […]
Dance Review: Ballet Noir – Fierce Infusion of Hip-hop and Ballet, Style and Grace
August 18, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Ballet, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, iDANZ Features, Reviews
A beautiful dance company, Ballet Noir embraces a beautiful day in the East River Park of Manhattan, bringing the gift of dance to the gathered crowd. Presented by City Parks Foundation, this summer program features dance performances free to the public in various parks throughout New York City and its suburbs. This afternoon’s program […]
Dance Review: Da∙Da∙Dance says “Yeah right,” Da∙Da∙Dance Project at Joyce SoHo
August 5, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, iDANZ Features, Reviews
Da∙Da∙Dance Project is a company of two; Korean born Eun Jung Choi-Gonzalez, and Guillermo Ortega Tanus of Mexico, its conception inspired by Dadaism. The literal translation of da da into English is “yeah yeah,” as in a sarcastic “yeah right.” With reoccurring moments of absurdity, Da∙Da∙Dance Project seems to be saying “yeah right” to conventional […]
Dance Review: Takehiro Brings it On, TAKE Dance Company at DTW
July 31, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Reviews
TAKE Dance Company doesn’t have to thwack or grind to get your attention. Their lithe, graceful dancers scoop, hop and spring their way though intricate, fluid ‘ography as deftly and sweetly as a fistful of cotton candy. The intimate space at DTW provides the perfect venue for this eleven-member ensemble company, who will be performing […]
Dance Review: Pilobolus Possible
July 27, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, iDANZ Features, Reviews
Pilobolus Possible The Joyce Theater was buzzing with anticipation on the evening of Monday, July 20, 2009, as the hour approached 7:30 and the audience took their seats awaiting the last of Pilobolus’ three programs. I was especially eager to experience my first Pilobolus show, as I had only heard a few stray […]
Dance Review: Paradigm, A Model for Dance
July 23, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Reviews
One definition of paradigm is “one that serves as a pattern or model.” There is no doubt that Paradigm exemplifies the proof of the model of performance that us dancers strive for everyday . . . to embody and become an idea and expression of an experience. The performance at DTW begins with A […]
Dance Review: Cheese Soiree, Pilobolus Dance Theater
July 14, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Reviews
Pilobolus Dance Theatre has a 38-year history of keeping their brand alive. Innovative in the 70’s, their signature style of acrobatic body constructions is still maintained today. Unfortunately, it is preserved by adding more and more cheese. At the opening night gala performance, the company serves four different kinds of cheese. The program includes three […]
Dance Review: Ease on Down that Bumpy Road, The WIZ at City Center
June 30, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Hip Hop/Street/Commercial, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Reviews, Theater Dance
Ease on down that bumpy road . . . You don’t have to be a child of the 70’s to understand the subversive magic of taking a tale of a lily white Kansan and transposing it into our own script of Black allusions and urban metaphors. Even after winning seven Tony Awards and best musical […]
Dance Review: Past and Future Clash or Contrast?
June 30, 2009 by iDANZ Today
Filed under Concert Modern -Jazz-Contemporary, iDANZ Critix Corner -Dance Reviews, Reviews
What choreographer has the balls to bring all ‘his dancers’ to The Joyce Theater after working in NYC for 17 years? Nicholas Leichter! He presents company members, old and new, in a rare tribute to his own evolving artist legacy. After seeing his genius on the bodies of students at DTW’s Barnard Project, I was […]
