Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on the road, dancing impeccably

Jacqueline Burnett, Jack Henderson and David Schultz in Johan Inger's Impasse

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in Johan Inger's Impasse

Michele Dooley, Jaqueline Burnett and Aaron Choate in Into Being by FLOCK

Shota Miyoshi and Cyrie Topete in Aszure Barton's A Duo

By Carla Escoda, 27 March 2025

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“layered costumes and ghostly lighting were all of a piece with this strange and exhilarating concept”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 25 March 2025

Black Milk (Ohad Naharin)

Into Being (Flock)

A Duo (Aszure Barton)

Impasse (Johan Inger)

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Bregje van Balen, Costume Designer

Tom Visser, Lighting Designer

Batsheva Dance Company in Ohad Naharin’s Momo: pure energy

Katja Vaghi, 16th January

In Batsheva’s German premiere of Momo, there is no narrative to be found, but rather a series of atmospheric sequences, creating a texture of inputs as ambiguous as reality itself.

****1

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: how to win over an audience

Deborah Weiss, 13th December

Two very diverse works that complement each other and show off the depth of talent within Opera Ballet Vlaanderen.

****1

Flickers of human fragility: Staatsballett Berlin’s superb double bill

Katja Vaghi, 28th October

Dancers as athletic poets: Staatsballett Berlin in Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 and Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar’s Saaba.

****1

Batsheva Dance Company: Hora swaggers with tenacity and confidence

Erin Bomboy, 1st March

Naharin’s Gaga technique is this delicious, ooey-gooey, melting morass where sensation rather than skill guides the phrases

***11

Go Gaga for Ohad Naharin's Decadance in Sydney

Chantal Nguyen, 7th January

Sydney Dance Company excels in Decadance, a rare chance for Australian audiences to see work by Ohad Naharin, founder of the Gaga method.

****1

Three Masterpieces in Zurich

Sarah Batschelet, 11th October

In a three-bill programme that opens its season, the Zurich Ballet celebrates works of three choreographers who all pioneered new genres in contemporary dance.

****1

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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.