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The Top Five Performances of Fall for Dance 2012

The Fall For Dance festival, an annual fixture at New York City Center since 2004, is one of the staples of the city’s arts calendar. This year’s iteration was expanded from 10 evenings to 12, and featured an incredibly varied … Continue reading

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Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance in Battery Park (Review for DanceTabs)

Don’t miss my DanceTabs review of the summer 2012 performances of the Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance, which took place last Friday in Battery Park. This year’s lineup was “remarkable, offering a two-hour program of five diverse Indian dance … Continue reading

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A Whirlwind Tour of Odissi: Sujata Mohapatra Opens Erasing Borders: DanceFest India-2012

The Erasing Borders Festival, with the variety of Indian dance styles on display, and its mixture of ensemble and solo performances, might offer New York’s best introduction to Indian dance. Presented by the Indo-American Arts Council, the festival typically takes … Continue reading

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Two Rhythms from the Subcontinent: Nrityagram and Chitrasena Companies Join Forces at the Joyce Theater

In January of 2006, I embarked on what remains my greatest adventure to date: three months in India. At the time I wasn’t interested in dance, but I couldn’t help finding it everywhere: in Bollywood films, in the two-millennia-old cave … Continue reading

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