Carmen de Lavallade's solo, Baryshnikov Arts Center

Von Rachel Rizzuto, 23 Februar 2015

Laden, bitte warten...

“A gentle, natural performer who doesn’t make the mistake of over-sentimentalizing her material ”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jerome Robbins Theater, New York City, am 19 Februar 2015

As I Remember It (Carmen De Lavallade)

How to Fall Apart: AMOC tackles climate change through dance

Erin Bomboy, 10th February

Combining musicians and dancers on stage, American Modern Opera Company’s How to Fall Apart filters the bombast of dramatic opera through the esoterica of downtown dance.

***11

A sandbox on pillars at the Baryshnikov Arts Center

Kurt Gottschalk, 7th April

Andy Akiho’s Seven Pilllars is a decidedly complex composition, a long palindrome that, as placed by Sandbox Percussion, finds beauty almost in spite of itself.

****1

Quodlibet Ensemble bridges Bach and Black Lives Matter

Kurt Gottschalk, 1st October

The strings stabbed, the camera panned in quick spurts with jump cuts, but the performers were still. It was an anxious and enormously effective approach to Rzewski’s prison meditation.

*****

Der Norm nicht entsprechen: The Romeo beim Holland Festival

Michael Klier, 26th June

Trajal Harrells moderne Choreographie erzählt die Geschichte des Romeo und sagt dabei mehr als tausend Worte...

****1

Marcos Morau bezaubert mit neuer Choreographie in Den Haag

Michael Klier, 16th May

Zwei Premieren von Marcos Morau und Yoann & Marie Bourgeois sowie Crytal Pites Paradestück Solo Echo sorgen für einen elektrisierenden Abend.

****1

Zwischen Alt und Neu: Shades of Blue and White am Stuttgarter Ballett

Rainer Zerbst, 5th February

Das Stuttgarter Ballett demonstriert wieder einmal, wie sehr es sich der Tradition verpflichtet fühlt, manchmal mehr, als ihm guttut.

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Weitere Kritiken...

Rachel Rizzuto

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.

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