Beyond a bag of shock-value tricks: MAGICAL at New York Live Arts

By Rachel Rizzuto, 17 January 2013

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Reviewed at New York Live Arts, New York City on 15 January 2013

Magical (Anne Juren)

Annie Dorsen, Director

New York Live Arts: Faye Driscoll's Weathering reaches boiling point

Erin Bomboy, 11th January

Atop a square, springy mattress of a platform, ten artists morph a sculpture of breath and flesh into a high-octane bacchanal.

****1

Women / Create! A Festival of Dance

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 12th June

A mix of new and tried and tested works by Karole Armitage, Jacqulyn Buglisi, Carolyn Dorfman and Jennifer Muller

***11

BalletNext

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 9th March

Michele Wiles’s BalletNext is clearly undergoing evolution.

***11

Kyle Abraham, NYLA 2

Ivan Talijancic, 27th September

<em>When the wolves came in</em> is th epening act as well as the title of Abraham.In.Motion's second program, presented at NYLA.

**111

Kyle Abraham, program 1 at NYLA

Ivan Talijancic, 26th September

Kyle Abraham, resident commissioned artist at NYLA and his company Abraham.In.Motion present a double program. The first, <em>the Watershed</em> was presented last week in NY .

***11

John Jasperse's Within Between

Rachel Rizzuto, 29th May

John Jaspere's quartet Within between at New York Live Arts is an exhilarating, surprising, well-constructed and incredibly well-danced piece.

*****

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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.