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Saturday July 21:

July 21, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr

Pilobolus in the era of collaborations. … [Read more...]

Pilobolus and friends zing and drift

July 21, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

So the Pils' month at the Joyce has begun, and the three premieres I was covering for the Financial Times--collaborations all, with DIY video stars, a genius juggler, and a thought-provoking European choreographer--prompted me to take the long view:Pilobolus has always been about illusion-making: lending the human body fantastical form. Until recently, the spirit of the '60s that spawned the … [Read more...]

July 16:

July 16, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr

French-American relations, or Giselle … [Read more...]

French-American relations or, how I fell in love with the Paris Opera Ballet’s “Giselle”

July 16, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

After French Masters, the opening program in the Lincoln Center Festival's generous, three-program presentation of the acclaimed Paris Opera Ballet, I  thought, if these are the masters, what's left for the apprentices to do? The night's three ballets occupied a narrow range from silly (Bejart, "Bolero") to simultaneously stolid and fussy (Lifar, "Suite en Blanc") to hateful … [Read more...]

Saturday, July 14:

July 14, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr

Gamechanging American tap and modern dance … [Read more...]

American game-changers: Smith and Brown

July 13, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr 1 Comment

[Note: if you are here for the discussion of the Paris Opera Ballet, please click here, a new link.] The Joyce has had some terrific shows this summer, with the choreographers stretching their idioms.First, there was tapper Jason Samuels Smith in a tribute to Charlie Parker. The start of my Financial Times review:  According to the great hoofer Honi Coles, bebop would not have happened … [Read more...]

Wednesday July 4

July 4, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr

Angel Corella's Farewell  … [Read more...]

Angel’s Farewell

July 4, 2012 by Apollinaire Scherr Leave a Comment

Here is the start of my Financial Times report of the irreplaceable Angel Corella's final dance for American Ballet Theatre: From the start - in 1995 at age 19, when he debuted at American Ballet Theatre - Angel Corella has radiated a sweetness so genuine it seemed to power his feats of wizardry: pirouettes so fast, for example, that you half expected him to spin out into the auditorium and … [Read more...]

Apollinaire Scherr

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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