Tag Archives: Bach

Paul Taylor Dance Company in Six Works to Bach

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Ryan Wenzel

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 Highs & Lows of Faith: Mark Morris Dance Group at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

The beginning of Gloria, an early Mark Morris masterpiece, is simple but startling. The stage is shrouded in darkness as a choir sings in Latin of God’s glory. When light finally floods the space, one expects, with such music, to witness … Continue reading →

Posted in Mark Morris, Modern Dance | Tagged A Lake, Aaron Loux, Bach, Dido and Aeneas, Gloria, Haydn, Horn Concerto No. 2 in D, International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Jesu, Laurel Lynch, Maile Okamura, Mark Morris, Mark Morris Dance Group, Martin Pakledinaz, meine Freude, Merce Cunningham, Michelle Yard, Noah Vinson, Yale Choral Artists, Yale Collegium Players | Leave a comment

Contrasting but Complementary Styles: New York City Ballet Shows Differences Between Robbins & Balanchine

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

New York City Ballet’s greatest strengths are the size and richness of its repertory, and for that it has George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, its two founding choreographers, to thank. For years, the two men worked side by side in … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, George Balanchine, Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet | Tagged American Ballet Caravan, Ana Sophia Scheller, Andrew Veyette, Bach, Balanchine style, ballet music, Broadway, Chopin, Concerto Barocco, Concerto in D for String Orchestra, Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, Concerto in G Major, Conrad Ludlow, Following Balanchine, French Riviera, George Balanchine, Gershwin, Gonzalo Garcia, In the Night, Jared Angle, Jerome Robbins, Johann Sebastian Bach, Kyra Nichols, Maria Kowroski, musicality, New York City Ballet, New York City Ballet spring 2012 season, on-stage demonstration, Peter Martins, Ravel, Robbins style, Robert Fairchild, Robert Garis, Sara Mearns, Sebastien Markovici, Sterling Hyltin, Stravinsky, Teresa Reichlen, The Cage, Tschiakovsky Pas de Deux, Tyler Angle, Violette Verdy, Wendy Whelan | Leave a comment

Three More by Balanchine: New York City Ballet Dances Concerto Barocco, Tarantella, and The Firebird

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

Concerto Barocco was the reason I fell in love with dance. One evening in April 2010, I was paying just my second visit to New York City Ballet, and Barocco — a 1941 work by George Balanchine, debuted by his … Continue reading →

Posted in Ballet, George Balanchine, Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet, Stravinsky | Tagged Agon, American Ballet Caravan, August Bournonville, Bach, Ballets Russes, Concerto Barocco, Concerto in D Minor for Two Violins, George Balanchine, Igor Stavinsky, Jerome Robbins, Joaquin de Luz, Justin Peck, Marc Chagall, Maria Kowroski, Megan Fairchild, Michel Fokine, Napoli, New York City Ballet, Sara Mearns, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Tarantella, Teresa Reichlen, The Firebird | 5 Comments

Bach Held Captive: Compagnie Thor Gives New York Premiere of To the Ones I Love at BAM’s Next Wave Festival

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Ryan Wenzel

Any choreographer who sets a dance to Johann Sebastian Bach should know he’s taking a risk. Although many of the Baroque master’s compositions have a strong pulse and lend themselves easily to movement, his works are also brilliantly complex — … Continue reading →

Posted in BAM, Contemporary Dance | Tagged Bach, BAM, Baroque music, Belgian dance, Belgium, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brussels, Cie Thor, Compagnie Thor, contemporary dance, Dido & Aeneas, Esplanade, Harvey Theater, Johann Sebastian Bach, Luc Gering, Mark Morris, Maxime Bodson, Next Wave Festival, Paul Taylor, postmodern dance, Thierry Smits, Thomas Beni | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Bach

Paul Taylor Dance Company in Six Works to Bach

The Highs & Lows of Faith: Mark Morris Dance Group at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas

Contrasting but Complementary Styles: New York City Ballet Shows Differences Between Robbins & Balanchine

Three More by Balanchine: New York City Ballet Dances Concerto Barocco, Tarantella, and The Firebird

Bach Held Captive: Compagnie Thor Gives New York Premiere of To the Ones I Love at BAM’s Next Wave Festival

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