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East to West to East

October 29, 2012 by 3 Comments
(L to R) Nathan Makolandra, Morgan Lugo, and (aloft) Charlie Hodges in Benjamin Millepied's Moving Parts. Photo: Stephanie Berger

A choreographer who has just formed his own small company must be very, very brave to make Merce Cunningham’s 1964 Winterbranch the centerpiece of its debut program. Benjamin Millepied is certifiably brave. Starting a group in Los Angeles and naming it the L.A. Dance Project is already adventurous. I’m an Angeleno by birth, with the scent of eucalyptus and Pacific salt air embedded in my environmental DNA, and though the city’s cultural profile has soared in recent decades, I know that live performance isn’t a major component of what … [Read more...]

10/29/12 7:14 PM | filed under: contemporary dance |

Wandering Down Memory Lane

October 31, 2011 by 2 Comments
Esther Balfe in I don't believe in outer space. Photo: Julieta Cervantes

William Forsythe is an innovator. I doubt that fact is even up for debate among those who adore his work, those who loathe it, and those who simply scratch their heads over it. His post post-Balanchine ballets, his installations, his recent theater pieces, and his 2004 computer app, Improvisation Technologies: A Tool for the Analytical Dance Eye, have influenced choreographers, performers, teachers, and thinkers outside the dance world. Scholars in Europe and the American continent chew over his work in the light of the ideas he has … [Read more...]

10/31/11 9:01 AM | filed under: dance theater |

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