Have we come a long way, baby?

Von Carla Escoda, 29 September 2014

Laden, bitte warten...

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“Hope Mohr asks us to pursue the thrill of movement that constantly questions its source.”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco, am 27 September 2014

The Courtesan and the Crone (Anna Halprin)

Carnation (Lucinda Childs)

Shard (Hope Mohr)

News Animation (Simone Forti)

Peiling Kao, Tanz

Hope Mohr, Choreographie

Simone Forti, Choreographie

Anna Halprin, Choreographie

Die Mischung macht’s: eine junge alte Salome an der Volksoper Wien

Snapdragon, 22nd September

Die Volksoper holt mit Luc Bondys Salome eine altbewährte Inszenierung ans Haus. Trotzdem bleibt dieses Werk spannend, gerade wenn man eine umwerfende Salome wie Astrid Kessler zur Verfügung hat.

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Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

Rainer Zerbst, 14th January

Von Brahms und Balanchine bis Górecki und Childs: das Wiener Staatsballet zeigt einen zeitlosen Abend.

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Childs' minimalistische Choreographie verführt Berlin

Katja Vaghi, 13th August

Sommer ist die Zeit der Tanzfestivals, und bei der Eröffnung des Berliner internationalen Festivals Tanz im August gab man John Adams', Lucina Childs' und Frank O. Gehrys Available Light vor ausverkauftem Haus.

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The marvelous, disarming Sons of Echo at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 14th January

A rare opportunity to see five male ballet superstars – notably Alban Lendorf, in great form long after injury sidelined him – in an intimate theater, in work exclusively by women.

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The inspired and the prosaic at Fall for Dance at New York City Center

Carla Escoda, 20th September

A perfect triple bill became a less perfect quadruple bill. Brilliant performances by dancers from Gibney, kNoname Artist, Paris Opera étoiles rarely seen in New York and – a rarity these days – live musicians.

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Four New Works by Lucinda Childs: classic postmodernism

Katja Vaghi, 7th December

Lucinda Childs presents four new works at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, appearing on stage as a youthful 84, in one of them.

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Have We Come A Long Way, Baby? asks Hope Mohr