Tag Archives: Arlene Croce

Catching the End of an Era: Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Final U.S. Repertory Performances at BAM

The air in New York has been thick with Cunningham nostalgia. Everywhere I go, I hear conversations turn to Merce Cunningham and his dance company. After more than 50 years as a pioneering force in contemporary dance, Merce Cunningham Dance … Continue reading

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Timeless Tragedy: The Royal Danish Ballet Brings August Bournonville’s La Sylphide to Lincoln Center

For all the talk of them being the happiest of dancers, the Danes seem oddly at home in tragedy. It was impossible not to notice how markedly downbeat the Royal Danish Ballet’s program was on Friday. We again saw The … Continue reading

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Soviet Ballet Reclaimed: Alexei Ratmansky’s The Bright Stream at American Ballet Theatre

Arlene Croce once remarked she’d never seen a good ballet to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. Whether she blames the composer or the choreographers is anyone’s guess, but this spring New Yorkers have been treated to two excellent Shostakovich-scored ballets, … Continue reading

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Jewels: A Balanchine Celebration of Music, Style, & Women

Jewels, a plotless 1967 triptych by George Balanchine, can be approached in a number of satisfying ways. Some consider it a kind of ballet world tour, an homage to three national forms of classical dance: The romanticism and thick nostalgia … Continue reading

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