Category Archives: New York Live Arts

Kyle Abraham on “Another Night,” His New Work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

Be sure to read my interview with Kyle Abraham for The Brooklyn Rail. In it, Abraham — an exceedingly busy choreographer — discusses Another Night (his new work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), his two-year residency at New York Live … Continue reading →

Posted in Alvin Ailey, Contemporary Dance, Interviews, New York Live Arts, Postmodern Dance | Tagged Alvin Ailey, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Another Night, interview, Kyle Abraham, New York City Ballet, New York Live Arts, NYLA, Q&A, The Brooklyn Rail, Wendy Whelan | 4 Comments

Year in Review: The Top 10 Dance Moments of 2011

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

This was only my second year watching dance, but it was a productive and deeply satisfying one: I’ve logged 112 performances (with three more scheduled) and have watched more than a few dance films. Here, in my last post of … Continue reading →

Posted in American Ballet Theatre, Ballet, BAM, Contemporary Dance, Film, George Balanchine, Joyce Theater, Mark Morris, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Modern Dance, New York City Ballet, New York City Center, New York Live Arts, Postmodern Dance | Tagged 3D dance documentary, 92nd Street Y, Agon, Alina Cojocaru, American Balle, Apollo, Balanchine Black & White Week, ballet, Beijing, Black Swan, Café Müller, Chase Finlay, Concerto Barocco, Coppélia, CRWDSPCR, Cunningham Repertory Understudy Group, Cunningham RUGs, Darren Aronofsky, Duets, Eiko & Koma, Episodes, Fall for Dance, Festival Dance, flamenco, George Balanchine, Girl Talk, Girl Walk // All Day, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Hummel, Joan Acocella, Joe's Pub, Kontakthof, Le Sacre du Printemps, Legacy Tour, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center Theater, Maple Leaf Rag, Mariinsky Ballet, Mark Morris, Mark Morris Dance Center, Mark Morris Dance Group, Martha Graham, Martha@...The 1963 Interview, Merce Cunningham, Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Metropolitan Opera House, modern dance, Mostly Mozart Festival, Natalia Osipova, New York City Ballet, New York City Center, New York Live Arts, Noche Flamenca, Ohad Naharin, Out of Doors Festival, Paul Milstein Pool, Pina, Pina in 3D, Pond Way, postmodern dance, Richard Alston, Richard Alston Dance Company, Richard Move, Robert Wilson, Rose Adagio, Roughcut, Royal Ballet of London, Royal Danish Ballet, Snow on the Mesa, Soledad Barrio, Square Dance, Steve Reichless, subway pole dance, tanztheater, Tanztheater Wuppertal, The Four Temperaments, The Sleeping Beauty, Three to Max, Trisha Brown, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Vollmond, Water, Wim Wenders | 4 Comments

Contraction & Release 101: Richard Move and MoveOpolis! Channel Martha Graham at New York Live Arts

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

I’ve read Agnes de Mille’s biography of Martha Graham and seen four of Graham’s works performed by her company, but nothing has taught me more about the mother of American modern dance than Richard Move’s summoning of her at New … Continue reading →

Posted in Martha Graham, New York Live Arts | Tagged New York Live Arts, Martha Graham, Richard Move, Katherine Crockett, Catherine Cabeen, Lisa Kron, Walter Terry, contraction, release, Graham technique, Agnes DeMille, Martha@...The 1963 Interview, Medea, Helen of Troy, Joan of Arc, Clytemnestra | Leave a comment

Fighting Love, Time, and Self: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in the Retrospective Body Against Body

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

Postmodern choreography can be needlessly baffling. Although the intent sometimes is to confuse or frustrate audiences, it’s too often the case that we simply can’t grasp the message – much less relate to it – without brushing up on dance … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill T. Jones, New York Live Arts, Postmodern Dance | Tagged Antonio Brown, Arnie Zane, Bill T. Jones, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Blauvelt Mountain, Body Against Body, Continuous Replay, Duet x 2, Erick Montes, Jennifer Nugent, LaMichael Leonard, New York Live Arts, Paul Matteson, retrospective, Talli Jackson | 2 Comments

Category Archives: New York Live Arts

Kyle Abraham on “Another Night,” His New Work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Year in Review: The Top 10 Dance Moments of 2011

Contraction & Release 101: Richard Move and MoveOpolis! Channel Martha Graham at New York Live Arts

Fighting Love, Time, and Self: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company in the Retrospective Body Against Body

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