This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on October 30, 2007. Kristi Boone, Misty Copeland and Marcelo Gomes perform in “C. to C. (Close to Chuck),” in this photograph released to the media on October 29, 2007. Photographer: Gene Schiavone/American Ballet Theatre via Bloomberg News Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) — A strong […]
Speak, Memory
American Ballet Theatre: Antony Tudor’s The Leaves Are Fading / New York City Center, NYC / October 24, 26, 28, 31, and November 3. Julie Kent, Marcelo Gomes and Melissa Thomas of American Ballet Theatre in Antony Tudor’s The Leaves are Fading. Photo by Rosalie O’Connor. The Leaves Are Fading is an evocation of youthful […]
Unremitting Vigor
Compañía Nacional de Danza / BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, Brooklyn, NY / October 16, 18-20, 2007 Compañía Nacional de Danza’s Yolanda Martín in Nacho Duato’s White Darkness. Photo by Fernando Marcos. The strongest element of Compañía Nacional de Danza’s show was the dancers themselves, who were greeted by roars of deserved adulation on the […]
Wheeldon’s Troupe Debuts With Dancing Potato Chip, Bagatelles
Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) — Christopher Wheeldon’s Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company opens its debut season with dances by William Forsythe, Edwaard Liang, Liv Lorent and Michael Clark. At Wednesday’s premiere in Manhattan’s City Center, the deconstructed-ballet pas de deux from Forsythe’s “Slingerland” (where the ballerina’s tutu looked like an outsize potato chip) had Wendy Whelan magically making […]
The Ugly Baby Fan Club: Personal Indulgences No. 3
Have you considered how rare it is to encounter an ugly baby? Post-six months, that is. But apart from C-section arrivals, the newborn, still supine in its crib or pram, entirely exposed to the gaze of the curious, usually bears for at least several weeks the marks of its struggle out of the womb, a […]
How to Fall in Love
This article originally appeared in Voice of Dance (http://www.voiceofdance.org) on October 8, 2007. Fall for Dance Festival / New York City Center, NYC / September 26 – October 6, 2007 Soledad Barrio of Noche Flamenca. Photo courtesy of Noche Flamenca. If you’re already a dance fan, you’re still welcome to come (after all, seasoned viewers […]
Nureyev, Passionate Rebel With Great Legs, Found Fame in Exile
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on October 3, 2007. The book jacket for “Nureyev: The Life” by Julie Kavanagh is pictured in this undated handout image. Source: Pantheon/Schocken Books via Bloomberg News Oct. 3 (Bloomberg) — At its height, Rudolf Nureyev’s dancing combined the feral power and beauty of […]
Sleek Italians, American Blobs in Uptown Dances
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on September 28, 2007. Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — Everyone who cares about classical ballet eagerly awaits the next great choreographer. But major dance-making talents are few and far between. The “New Ballet” program of chamber-scale pieces unveiled Sept. 27 at Columbia University’s Miller Theater […]
Update
This article originally appeared in Voice of Dance (http://www.voiceofdance.org) on September 27, 2007. New York Baroque Dance Company, with Company XIV and Concert Royal: “Points of Departure” / Mark Morris Dance Center, James and Martha Duffy Performance Space / Brooklyn, NY / September 21, 22, 28, and 29, 2007 New York Baroque Dance Company in […]
Larger Than Life
This article originally appeared in Voice of Dance (http://www.voiceofdance.org) on September 21, 2007. Big Dance Theater / Dance Theater Workshop, NYC / September 19-22, 25-29, 2007 Big Dance Theater’s The Other Here. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Here’s the recipe for Big Dance Theater’s The Other Here, just arrived at Dance Theater Workshop after a February […]