Monica Bill Barnes & Company at NYU Skirball deliver laugh after laugh

By Rachel Rizzuto, 22 October 2012

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Reviewed at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, New York City on 20 October 2012

Luster

I feel like

Mostly Fanfare

Everything is getting better all the time (Monica Bill Barnes)

Monica Bill Barnes & Company

Monica Bill Barnes, Dancer

Anna Bass, Dancer

Christina Robson, Dancer

Giulia Carotenuto, Dancer

New York City Children's Chorus

Room with a View with Ballet national de Marseille: without purpose

Erin Bomboy, 20th October

Part rave, part burn-it-to-the-ground protest, Room with a View explores crowds in pitched circumstances and how their impulses can flip from dark to light, and vice versa.

*1111

The Tao of listening to – and with – Philip Glass

Kurt Gottschalk, 1st April

An engaging and inventive piece of theatre (sometimes tiringly so) that is, at least half the time anyway, about its titular subject.

***11

ABT Studio Company and Royal Ballet School dancers: Shall I Compare Thee?

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 10th February

It’s heartening so see that the state of classical ballet is strong and there are many talented young dancers being nurtured to take their places in the top companies of the world.

***11

Johnny Loves Johann, unevenly at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 14th April

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

Drama/no drama from New York Theatre Ballet at Judson Church

Carla Escoda, 10th April

Anthony Tudor and Merce Cunningham provided the lighter fare in a mixed bill that featured two world premieres from Kevin Iega Jeff, a veteran of the Chicago dance scene, and Julian Donahue, a newer voice.

****1

Martha Graham Dance Company celebrates 100 years in New York

Ivy Lin, 8th April

In a tremendous triple bill at New York City Center, Martha Graham’s genius and Janet Elber’s stewardship of the company into the 21st century deserve to be celebrated, loudly.

*****

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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.