This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on December 11, 2006. Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) — What could be prettier? Women who look like flowers in floor-skimming dresses of sun-kissed hues, tossing their long, unbound hair. Their manner is flirtatious and welcoming to the men — some stalwart, some poignant, some endearing […]
PARSONS DANCERS TAKE IT OFF (AND PUT IT BACK ON): NYC DANCE
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on December 4, 2006. Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — David Parsons’s 10 dancers, each a bundle of energy and verve, are getting undressed, down to their skivvies. And dressed. And undressed again. All at top speed, turning their reversible baggy tops and bottoms inside out […]
FREED FROM CONVENTIONS, AILEY COMPANY DANCES THARP, ARMITAGE
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on December 4, 2006. Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) — Is Judith Jamison, the dynamic, savvy leader of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, trying to give the company a new look? Two additions to the repertory unveiled in the first week of the Ailey’s monthlong […]
STRAVINSKY, CAGE RECONSIDERED IN FRENCH; ART VS. TV: NYC DANCE
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on November 28, 2006. Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Like moths to the flame, choreographers are drawn to Stravinsky’s “Les Noces.” Created between 1914 and 1923, the vibrant score, evoking peasant wedding rituals, was first choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska (and not equaled since). Angelin Preljocaj’s […]
`NUTCRACKER’ CHARMS IN ITS HOLIDAY OUTING AT LINCOLN CENTER
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on November 27, 2006. Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) — The New York City Ballet has been performing George Balanchine’s “Nutcracker” for over half a century. Balletomanes and tourists alike return to it year after year as a part of their holiday rituals. It serves the […]
SNOWBOUND
New York City Ballet: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker / New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC / November 24 – December 30 Part of the charm of the New York City Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, now in its 52nd year, is the bevy of exquisitely proportioned, preternaturally accomplished children in the cast. […]
LIMON DANCE COMPANY SHOWS OFF TWO CLASSICS, LUBOVITCH PREMIERE
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on November 15, 2006. Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — Last night’s opening of the Limon Dance Company — at the Joyce Theater through Nov. 26 — unwittingly emphasized the influence on its founder of two women, both far more gifted than he. As a dancer, […]
DAVID DORFMAN BENDS THE WAY THE WIND IS BLOWIN’: NYC DANCE
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on November 14, 2006. Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) — “Now,” urges a bunch of impassioned people, first whispering, then yelling as they go through the motions of hurling hand grenades. These feisty figures in raggle- taggle outfits are not young political activists about to blow […]
SPRADLIN’S DANCERS MESS AROUND WITH BODIES AND MINDS: NYC DANCE
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on November 6, 2006. Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) — Call it choreography if you wish. I think it’s Outsider Art. Roseanne Spradlin’s new 60-minute “Survive Cycle” opens with six long minutes of head shots on an oversized high- definition video screen. One by one, four […]
THARP’S DYLAN CIRCUS RETURNS HER TO AN OLDER STYLE OF DANCE
This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on October 31, 2006. Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) — “The Times They Are A-Changin”’ is Twyla Tharp’s second attempt to revolutionize the Broadway musical. She has merely succeeded in turning some two dozen Bob Dylan songs into a gaudily illustrated songbook. Tharp, undeniably one of […]