Rachel Rizzuto received her BFA in dance performance and choreography from the University of Southern Mississippi. She is currently an editor for Dance Teacher magazine, and she is a founding member of modern dance company Mari Meade Dance Collective.
Faye Driscoll's Thank You For Coming: Play is the second in a series of three works that ask the audience to imagine a different kind of participation than they are used to.
Ballet BC's Thursday night performance at The Joyce in NYC included a kitschy première from artistic director Emily Molnar, a quirky ensemble number from Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar and a truly beautiful work by Crystal Pite.
Michelle Dorrance and Nicholas Van Young's ETM: Double Down at The Joyce is a tap-happy, technology-driven, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink performance bursting at the seams with energy.
In a première and a work from last year, choreographer Ben Munisteri demonstates his mastery of symmetry, unexpected juxtaposition and ensemble dynamics.
Rachel Rizzuto reviews Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Boris Charmatz's duet, Partita 2, with violinist Amandine Beyer as part of Lincoln Center's White Light Festival.
New York City Center's Fall for Dance Festival opens with performances by Miami City Ballet, L.A. Dance Project, Doug Elkins Choreography, etc. and Che Malambo
Blanca Li’s Robot at BAM is a fun but often muddled piece of dance theater, with a particularly unusual cast: half humans, half tiny (only a couple feet tall) robots.
Rachel Rizzuto reviews Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Program A at The Joyce Theater in NYC, which features works by Alejandro Cerrudo, Robyn Mineko Williams, Crystal Pite and Gustavo Ramirez Sansano.
For its tenth anniversary season at BAM, Kate Weare Dance Company presents a part retrospective part forward looking program, reflective of the many facets of the choreographer's work
Carmen de Lavallade's solo show, As I Remember It, is a touching moment with the performer. Currently performed at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York City.
Fall for Dance's Program One features Black Grace, San Francisco Ballet, Russell Maliphant's choreography and the Mark Morrids Dance Group. A mixed bag, with Morris's Words the lovely cherry on the top!
