What's the problem with giving experimental dances a second chance on the stage? … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2009
Deja-vu fest?
This winter, a deadline forced me to miss Janie Taylor in Balanchine's "La Valse" at New York City Ballet. I felt even more gloom than usual at missing her--I try to catch everything she does--because the reviews confirmed, as Alastair Macaulay, chief dance critic at the New York Times, wrote, thatno other recent interpreter... is so right for the heroine as the febrile, driven Janie Taylor. The … [Read more...]
Eva and Apollinaire, March 16:
Eva interviews Julian Barnett, of "Sound Memory" renown. Apollinaire kvetches. … [Read more...]
Sound Memory fast-forwarded (with added dialogue between Eva and Apollinaire)
About a year ago, a rough draft of Julian Barnett's "Sound Memory" at the La Mama Festival jumpstarted all sorts of memories for me, and now it's back in full: at Danspace Project this Thursday through Sunday. The esteemed Eva Yaa Asantewaa, irregular Foot contributor, has a half-hour interview with Barnett here on her blog, Infinite Body. I love Eva's interview style--her engagement and clarity, … [Read more...]
Paul Parish, March 4:
The buoy of ballet for dire times … [Read more...]
Movies, bars, and ballet
My friend Paul Parish, irregular Foot contributor, writes from the Bay Area: The world sure is looking unfamiliar -- not unrecognizable, just distorted and actually "on-the-morph." San Francisco Ballet's "Swan Lake" did unbelievable box office. Two million dollars in sales, biggest box office ever for SFB. High ticket prices, of course. Standing room's gone up to 20 bucks, and standing room was … [Read more...]