Citizen

Par Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 15 décembre 2016

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“Wilson ... is trying to inspire you to imagine”

Critique faite à BAM: Harvey Theater, New York, le 14 décembre 2016

Citizen (Reggie Wilson)

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group

Reggie Wilson ans Fist and Heel Performance Group

Jaime Robles, 23rd September

What the choreography of everyday movement creates in the viewer is a sense of nostalgia and poignancy.

*****

John Jasper: Remains

Rachel Rizzuto, 21st September

John Jasperse once more proves himself the master of form, function and, in this case, danceable art history.

****1

Hagoromo: a Tale of Heaven and Humanity

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 7th November

Wendy Whelan is proving that there’s plenty of life for older dancers if there are new works that can make use of their special abilities and lifetime of experience.

***11

William Kentridge’s miscellany hour

Rebecca Lentjes, 24th October

William Kentridge’s chamber opera Refuse the Hour emerged amid a hurricane of clashing out-of-sync metronomes, frenetic choreography, African drumming, brass glissandi, and sound-making contraptions.

***11

Big Dance Theater's Alan Smithee

Ivan Talijancic, 30th September

Alan Smithee Directed This Play at the Brooklyn Academy of Music is another quirky, and inventive piece , by Big Dance Theater.

***11

Transcendent Ancient Voices of Children at BAM

Richard Peters, 11th September

New Yorkers flocked to BAM on Thursday to celebrate the beginning of the Next Wave Festival 2014. Even more discerning audiences were just around the corner at BAM’s Harvey Theater for a program that featured soprano Dawn Upshaw and pianist Gilbert Kalish.

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.

Reggie Wilson’s Citizen at BAM’s Harvey Theater