Carmen de Lavallade's solo, Baryshnikov Arts Center

Par Rachel Rizzuto, 23 février 2015

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

Critique faite à Baryshnikov Arts Center, Jerome Robbins Theater, New York, le 19 février 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.

*****

Lérus, Eyal et le Ballet de l'Opéra du Rhin en symbiose

Julie Jozwiak, 4th May

Ici de Léo Lérus et The Look de Sharon Eyal s'enchainent parfaitement et semblent comme deux facettes d'une même pièce, où l'affirmation de l'individu et le sens du collectif vont de pair.

****1

Trois Forsythe inégaux par le Ballet de l'Opéra national du Rhin

Julie Jozwiak, 26th April

Si Trio et Quintett suscitent quelques interrogations, Enemy in the Figure est le clou de la soirée – mais il manque dans l'interprétation cette déflagration esthétique typique de Forsythe.

***11

L'énergie brute de Shechter II dans In the Brain aux Abbesses

Julie Jozwiak, 3rd April

La jeune troupe d'Hofesh Shechter montre tout son immense talent, dans un formidable élan de libération des pulsions et des êtres comme ils sont.

*****

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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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