Category Archives: Lincoln Center

Paul Taylor Dance Company in Six Works to Bach

Check out the latest issue of The Brooklyn Rail to read my review of Paul Taylor Dance Company’s recent season at Lincoln Center’s David Koch Theater. I zeroed in on the six dances Taylor has choreographed since 1961 to Bach … Continue reading

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Dance on a Dime: 7 Ways to Get Cheap Tickets in New York

Watching dance can be an expensive hobby, particularly in New York, where ticket prices are high and performances happen every night. Listed below are some of the tricks I’ve learned over the past few years to see all kinds of … Continue reading

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What to See This Week (January 14-20): NYCB’s Tschaikovsky Celebration and the Return of Sara Mearns

The January dance calendar is full of exciting contrasts: Just as contemporary performance festivals wind down, classicism makes a comeback at New York City Ballet’s winter season, which is doubly enticing this year because of the company’s Tschaikovsky Celebration. The … Continue reading

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The Paris Opera Ballet at the Lincoln Center Festival (Review for The Brooklyn Rail)

Check out the September issue of The Brooklyn Rail to read my review of the Paris Opera Ballet’s recent season at Lincoln Center. The company danced three programs: a triple-bill of pieces by 20th-century French choreographers, the Romantic classic Giselle, … Continue reading

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Playing Her Own Worst Enemy: 12 Questions for Mark Morris Dance Group’s Amber Star Merkens

Next week, the Mostly Mozart Festival revives Mark Morris’s acclaimed production of the Purcell opera Dido and Aeneas, which had its Brussels premiere in 1989. At the center of the work are Dido (the Queen of Carthage) and the Sorceress … Continue reading

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