Tag Archives: postmodern dance

What to See This Week (January 7-13): American Realness at the Abrons Arts Center

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Ryan Wenzel

American Realness, the annual festival of dance and performance curated by Thomas Benjamin Snapp Pryor, returns to the Abrons Arts Center this Thursday, January 10, with yet another ambitious lineup. The festival’s fourth iteration, which spans 11 days, boasts New … Continue reading →

Life in the Shadows: Trisha Brown Dance Company Revives ‘Astral Converted’ at the Park Avenue Armory

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

Postmodern choreographer Trisha Brown is known for showing her work in unconventional spaces, and the 1991 premiere of Astral Converted was no exception. The piece, which boasted an original score by John Cage and visual and costume designs by Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in Contemporary Dance, Park Avenue Armory, Postmodern Dance | Tagged Astral Converted, contemporary dance, Jamie Cunningham, John Cage, National Gallery, National Mall, Nicholas Strafaccia, Park Avenue Armory, Patrick Ferreri, postmodern dance, Robert Rauschenberg, Trisha Brown, Trisha Brown Dance Company | Leave a comment

A Series of Exits, One of Them Final: The Last Performances of Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Ryan Wenzel

A rock concert with enraptured fans crowding the side of stage. A three-ring circus featuring acts of superhuman daring. A series of Olympic competitions accompanied by brassy fanfare. The activity inside the Park Avenue Armory might have resembled any of … Continue reading →

Posted in Merce Cunningham, Modern Dance, Park Avenue Armory, Postmodern Dance | Tagged Anna Finke, Brandon Collwes, Brooklyn Academy of Music, contemporary dance, Cross Currents, CRWDSPCR, Daniel Arsham, Daniel Madoff, Enter, eyeSpace, Fractions I, Jamie Scott, Jennifer Goggans, Marcie Munnerlyn, Merce Cunningham, modern dance, Nearly Ninety, Park Avenue Armory, Park Avenue Armory Event, postmodern dance, Rashuan Mitchell, Rune, Silas Riener, Takehisa Kosugi | 1 Comment

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

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: postmodern dance

What to See This Week (January 7-13): American Realness at the Abrons Arts Center

Life in the Shadows: Trisha Brown Dance Company Revives ‘Astral Converted’ at the Park Avenue Armory

A Series of Exits, One of Them Final: The Last Performances of Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Year in Review: The Top 10 Dance Moments of 2011

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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