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Performer: John Heginbotham

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Johnny Loves Johann, unevenly at the Joyce Theater

Johnny Gandelsman, John Heginbotham and Jamar Roberts in Johnny Loves Johann © Erin Baiano
Acclaimed violinist and 2024 MacArthur Fellow Johnny Gandelsman invited four choreographers to join him on a marathon through Bach's six cello suites. His musicianship was the highlight of the evening. 
***11
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The dark side of the gold: Girls of the Golden West

Adams and Peter Sellars demand that the audience take a cold, hard look at the Gold Rush and the founding history of California.
****1
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MMDG: The Hard Nut

If you’re only going to one holiday show, this is the one you want.
*****
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The Hard Nut... or “How I Beat the Holiday Blues”

I’ve never seen an audience enjoy another Nutcracker production as much as this one.
*****
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Dance Heginbotham: where music and idiosyncrasies meet and thrive

John Heginbotham’s new piece Dark Theater is an intriguingly ambiguous bit of narrative that makes very careful use of musical phrasing – unfortunately, often to the point of predictability. But his movement is fresh and welcomingly idiosyncratic, and certainly no one can accuse him of not making full use of the BAM Fisher theater.
****1
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