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Category Archives: Modern Dance
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
The Original Downtown Dance: 10 Historic Photographs Taken at Henry Street Settlement
Henry Street Settlement, the non-profit organization I work for, has a rich past that stretches back to 1893. Many New Yorkers know of the Lower East Side institution’s pioneering work in social services and healthcare; far fewer are familiar with … Continue reading
Posted in Abrons Arts Center, Modern Dance, Photos
Tagged Abrons Arts Center, Alwin Nikolais, Arthur Fielder, Boston, Boston Conservatory of Music, Boston Pops, downtown dance, early 20th century dance, Folk Festival, Gluck Sandor, Gluck Sandor's Dance Center, Grand Opera Company of Cologne, Hans Wiener, Henry Street Playhouse, Henry Street Settlement, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jacques Dalcroze, Jan Veen, Jerome Robbins, Johann Strauss, Lillian Wald, Lisa Parnova, Martha Graham, Mary Wigman, Merce Cunningham, modern dance, New York dance, Paul Taylor, Robert Rauschenberg, Rudolf Von Laban, Sol Hurok, The New York Times, Weib und Gesang, Wein
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Richard Move Discusses Restaging ‘The Show (Achilles Heels)’ on Martha Graham Dance Company
Martha Graham Dance Company returns to the Joyce Theater next week with three programs — a mixture of mythological works old and new — collectively titled “Myth and Transformation.” On the first program is Richard Move’s The Show (Achilles Heels), … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Dance, Joyce Theater, Contemporary Dance, Postmodern Dance, Martha Graham, Brooklyn Rail, Interviews
Tagged Joyce Theater, Martha Graham, Martha Graham Dance Company, Richard Move, Brooklyn Rail, Myth and Transformation, White Oak Dance Project, Wagner, The Show (Achilles Heel), Martha@...
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What to See This Week (February 4-11): The New Charles Atlas Film of Merce Cunningham’s ‘Exchange’
Over the course of four decades, Charles Atlas documented Merce Cunningham’s choreography through dozens of radically innovative films, and now, thanks to footage recently rediscovered by the Cunningham Trust, audiences will see another. This Thursday, February 7, at Electronic Arts … Continue reading
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
