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Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project in Once the dust settles, flowers bloom

Olivier Tarbaga Dance Project in Once the dust settles, flowers bloom

Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project in Once the dust settles, flowers bloom

Olivier Tarbaga Dance Project in Once the dust settles, flowers bloom

By Carla Escoda, 05 October 2023

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“as if ducking enemy fire, he looks terrified at what he has unleashed”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 3 October 2023

Once the dust settles, flowers bloom (Olivier Tarpaga)

Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project

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

Exhibitions of style: Hubbard Street Dance returns to New York

Carla Escoda, 31st March

Aszure Barton, Matthew Rushing, Bob Fosse and James Gregg make for an eclectic and mostly intriguing night with Chicago's Hubbard Street Dance at New York's Joyce Theatre.

****1

Ailey II dancers shine in ambitious mixed bill at the Joyce Theater

Carla Escoda, 18th March

In their penultimate stop on a US tour, Ailey's second company produced exceptional performances in an Ailey classic and four handsome new works.

****1

In New York, immersed in Noé Soulier’s The Waves

Carla Escoda, 4th March

A hypnotic evening with two percussionists and six dancers in Noé Soulier’s The Waves, inspired by the Virginia Woolf novel.

****1

Ronald K. Brown's Evidence at the Joyce makes you want to dance

Ivy Lin, 26th February

An evening of Ronald K. Brown's choreography for his own company, Evidence, brought infectious joy and had the audience dancing in the aisles.

*****

Against all odds, the Cubans have landed in America

Carla Escoda, 10th February

Global chaos has not deterred Cuba's Malpaso Dance from bringing two world premieres, one home-grown, and a Martha Graham debut to New York City – incredibly, with all-live-music accompaniment.

****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.