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Home, Where the Heart Is
Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion at Jacob’s Pillow, August 2 through 6 Jeremy “Jae” Neal (L) and Tamisha Guy in Kyle Abraham’s Dearest Home. Photo: Brooke Trisolini Kyle Abraham has always treated his...
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Are You Certain?
John Heginbotham and Maira Kalman premiere a collaboration at Jacob’s Pillow. John Heginbotham and Maira Kalman’s The Principles of Uncertainty, Maira Kalman at left. Boxed (L to R): Courtney Lopes,...
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Homeward Bound
Jonah Bokaer performs at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. Jonah Bokaer and watcher in his The Disappearance Portraits. © Dreaded Photo August 24, 2017. It’s one of Manhattan’s best summer...
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Twyla Tharp Dances Again
Twyla Tharp Dance appears at the Joyce Theater, September 19 through October 8 Twyla Tharp’s The Raggedy Dances in 1972. Heading left: Sara Rudner. Heading right: Rose Marie Wright. Photo: William...
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Life in a Whirlwind
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company presents a new work. A Letter to My Nephew. Center: Barrington Hinds. Surrounding him (L to R): Carlo Antonio Villanueva, Penda N’diaye, I-Ling Liu, and (hooded)...
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Dark Matters from Finland
Tero Saarinen Company performs at the Joyce Theater. Five men of Tero Saarinen Company in Saarinen’s Morphed. Photo: Mikki Kunttu Who are these men? I can tell you their names: Ima Iduozee, Leo...
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Cool Heat
Garth Fagan Dance comes from Rochester to the Joyce Theater, November 7 through 12. A composite of dancers in Garth Fagan’s In Conflict: (L-R) Wynton Rice and Sarah Herbert, Vitolio Jeune, Natalie...
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A Japanese Company Brings a Forest to New York
Kei Takei’s Moving Earth Orient Sphere performs at New York Live Arts, January 25-27. Kei Takei’s Moving Earth Orient Sphere in her Light, Part 44 (Bamboo Forest). Photo: Kate Enman In 1969, New...
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Three Women Meet and Make a World
Dana Reitz premieres Latitude at New York Live Arts Dana Reitz in her Latitude. Photo: Kate Enman “Exquisite.” That was what a colleague whispered to me as he emerged from New York Live Arts’ theater...
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Taylor Made
Paul Taylor American Modern Dance at Lincoln Center, March 6 through 25. Eran Bugge and Michael Trusnovec in Paul Taylor’s Roses. Photo: Paul B. Goode When Paul Taylor’s Roses premiered in 1985, fake...
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Paul Taylor and His Cohort
sPaul Taylor American Modern Dance at Lincoln Center through March 25th. The Paul Taylor Dance Company in Doug Varone’s Half Life. Photo: Paul B. Goode I think I finally got it straight: Paul Taylor...
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Stephen Petronio: Honoring His Heritage, Moving On
The Stephen Petronio Company performs new and historic works. Nicholas Sciscione in Stephen Petronio’s Wild Wild World. Photo: Robert Altman It has long been something of a tradition that so-called...
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Martha Graham: Sacred and Profane
The Martha Graham Dance Company at New York City Center, April 11 through 14 Martha Graham’s Embattled Garden. Left: Lorenzo Pagano; right: Anne O’Donnell and Lloyd Knight. Photo: Melissa Sherwood I...
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Breasting the Wave
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company Celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season Lar Lubovitch’s Something About Night. (L to R): Barton Cowperthwaite, Brett Perry, Nicole Marie Corea, Tobin Del Cuore, and...
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From Cuba with Fervor and Vigor
Members of Acosta Danza in Goyo Montero’s Alrededor no hay nada tossing Yanelis Godoy. Photo: Andrew Lang Some of us may remember Carlos Acosta, when he was appearing with England’s Royal Ballet or,...
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The Times Are Changing
Kyle Abraham’s company, A.I.M., performs at the Joyce Theater. Marcella Lewis (L) and Keerati Jinakunwiphat in Kyle Abraham’s Drive. Photo: Ian Douglas Kyle Abraham used to call his company Kyle...
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Excavate, Reassemble, Create
Netta Yerushalmy premieres her Paramodernities at Jacob’s Pillow Jeremy “Jae” Neal in Netta Yerushalmy’s Paramodernities #3: Revelations: The Afterlives of Slavery. Photo: Noor Eeman What? My name...
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Paul Taylor (1930-2018)
Paul Taylor in his garden. Photo: Mazine Hicks When Paul Taylor died of renal failure on Wednesday, August 29th, and I was coping with that news, I started to think not just of the 140 dances he made...
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De Keersmaeker and Bach Shake Hands
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s The Six Brandenburg Concertos at Park Avenue Armory, October 1 through 7. Members of Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Rosas with the B’Rock Orchestra perform The Six...
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Together in a Shrinking Space
Lucy Guerin Inc performs Guerin’s Split at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, October 13 through 15. Lilian Steiner (L) and Melanie Lane in Lucy Guerin’s Split. Photo: Gregory Lorenzutti Some European and...
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