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GO: Paul Taylor at City Center (Updated Saturday)

February 29, 2008 by Apollinaire Scherr 1 Comment

Okay, I admit it, I have mixed feelings about the two dreamscape premieres: there are moments when Taylor achieves an impressive surreality and other times when the dance devolves into a series of discrete shards. But I do think he's experimenting with new ways to put a dance together--impressive for anyone, but especially someone who's been at this business for more than 50 years. And the New … [Read more...]

GO– to Long Island or New Jersey for the Perm Tchaikovsky Ballet’s “Romeo and Juliet”

February 28, 2008 by Apollinaire Scherr 2 Comments

This version of the ballet, by Russian choreographer Nikolai Boyarchikov to the Prokofiev score, inspired all sorts of thoughts that had no place in a short preview. Was wondering whether the Russians have a greater comfort with symbolism, with showing us the inner workings of the mind or the outer workings of fate--larger or smaller than the social. It made me think, on the good side, of … [Read more...]

GO: Juliette Mapp at Danspace Project

February 22, 2008 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Juliette Mapp breaks Foot contributor Eva Yaa Asantewaa's heart again--in a good way this time. Eva writes: Juliette Mapp's "Anna, Ikea and I"--the kinetic-aural memoir of her development in dance--is huge. Simply huge. And beautiful. And arguably the most assured, definitive presentation--and certainly the most emotionally affecting, as I see it--in this season's round of contemporary dance. … [Read more...]

Go: Ronald K. Brown at the Joyce this week

February 13, 2008 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Our very own Eva Yaa Asantewaa says it great in this Times feature by Felicia Lee: His message is never under the surface; he's never been shy about saying it's spiritual. That's what I think makes Ron's work so special: people look at it and get it. He always picks the juiciest music, and his dancers are just fantastic. At the Joyce through Sunday. Check it out. … [Read more...]

The second coming of… (plus–added Wednesday–the farewells of…)

February 11, 2008 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

She's a version of Nureyev. Or something like. Or would be in another era. Anyway, my essayette for New York magazine on peripatetic Kirov/ABT star Diana Vishneva, who's having a real season here in New York this year. And, here, my review for Newsday of Christopher Wheeldon's final dance as resident choreographer for New York City Ballet, "Rococo Variaitions," and Nikolaj Hubbe's moving farewell. … [Read more...]

One of Queens’ best-kept secrets…

February 7, 2008 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

...The Jaurena family of tangoistas: with Raul leading the band (he just won a Latin Grammy for his tango tunes--long overdue), his daughter Carolina dancing, and his wife, Marga, singing. I go to lots of tango shows in the city--and I've never heard music as rich and various as this. Here's my featurette for Newsday on the family. … [Read more...]

Trisha Brown even works hard at interviews

February 3, 2008 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Here's my feature for Newsday on the lovely pomo choreographer Trisha Brown. The focus is on nature in her life and work. (Newsday has become very Long Island-focused, and Brown has a cottage in the woods on the island, so it was a natural direction to take.) She's one of those interview subjects you want to kiss afterwards, because she keeps handing you these great quotes. In her case, I could … [Read more...]

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is the New York-based dance critic for the Financial Times. She has written regularly for The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Newsday, as well as SF Weekly and the East Bay Express, in the Bay Area. She has contributed to... Read More…

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