VIEWPOINTS – Dance recap: AILEY unveils new works by Hope Boykin and Lar Lubavitch and THE TROCKS celebrate 50 years at The Joyce

This week, I caught up with a pair of crowd-pleasing dance companies. As per usual, read on below for my thoughts on these year-capping performances. ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATERNew … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Following THE NUTCRACKER into abstraction via New York City Ballet, Mark Morris Dance Group, and Nature Theater of Oklahoma

This holiday season, I had the opportunity to attend a trio of extremely different dance presentations inspired by the classic holiday ballet The Nutcracker. Read on for my thoughts on … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Envisioning bold, new futures: Kyle Abraham’s DEAR LORD, MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL and Jamar Roberts’ AI-ANDALUS BLUES

In dance news, this week unveiled a pair of new pieces by two important Black contemporary choreographers — Kyle Abraham and Jamar Roberts — as well as the 25th anniversary … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – At The Joyce, COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET celebrates 30 years with an all-Rhoden program

Over the past few weeks, Complexions Contemporary Ballet returned to The Joyce Theater in Chelsea with a trio of programs to celebrate its landmark 30th anniversary. Led by founding Co-Artistic … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Michelle Dorrance’s THE NUTCRACKER SUITE charmingly and energetically ushers in the holiday season

Last night, Dorrance Dance opened The Nutcracker Suite, a jazzy, family-friendly tap dance adaptation of the holiday classical ballet staple The Nutcracker. The evening length piece originally premiered at The … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Sculptural lighting takes center stage in FRONTERA, Dana Gingras’s dystopian hip hop ballet

This weekend for two nights only, you’ll be able to catch Canadian dance troupe Animals of Distinction perform Frontera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. Created … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A company on the move: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY heads into its fall season with ambitious plans for growth

Paul Taylor Dance Company is carrying a lot of momentum heading into its three-week fall season at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Just last week, Taylor announced … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – American Ballet Theatre unveils a disorienting but surface-level dance adaptation of CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

American Ballet Theatre concluded its fall season last week at the David H. Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center with the world premiere of choreographer Helen Pickett and director James Bonas’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bill T. Jones’s seminal full length piece STILL/HERE returns to BAM more universal but no less heartrending

This week, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company revives the seminal Still/Here at the Howard Gilman Opera House, returning for the first time three decades later — thanks in part to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE continues its fall season showing off its versatility in a slew of signature works

Over the past week or so at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, I had the chance to further immerse myself in American Ballet Theatre’s fall season, which … Continue Reading →