THE HANGOVER REPORT – Pam Tanowitz’s mesmerizing SONG OF SONGS draws inspiration from Biblical text and Jewish heritage but stands exquisitely on its own

Last night marked the New York premiere of Song of Songs, Pam Tanowitz’s latest evening length dance piece. After premiering last year at the Fisher Center at Bard College and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY unveils Lauren Lovette’s “Echo” in an uncommonly cohesive boys verses girls program

Last night at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, I attended a performance by Paul Taylor Dance Company, which is currently in the midst of its two-week New … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dance roundup: Dance Reflections continues to fascinate with CORPS EXTRÊMES and SOMNOLE; ABT concludes its fall season on a note of high emotions

New York’s fall dance season is in full swing, in large part due to Van Cleef & Arpels’ ongoing Dance Reflections festival. This past weekend alone, I took in a … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Otherworldly, phantasmagorical visions: SANKAI JUKU returns to The Joyce with a greatest hits program

Last night, Sankai Juku returned to The Joyce Theater, commencing a two week run of the Tokyo-based companys KŌSA: Between Two Mirrors. Created just last year, the surreal evening length piece … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Deeply internalized trauma through a surreal lens: Renae Simone Jarrett’s DAPHNE and Gisèle Vienne’s L’ÉTANG

In recent days, I was was able to take in a pair of fascinating shows, both of which depicted deeply internalized trauma through a surreal lens. Read on for my … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – For its fall season at Lincoln Center, AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE puts its best foot forward

Last week, American Ballet Theatre took up residence at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for its fall season. Judging from the season’s first two programs — descriptively … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Looking to the past and present: Dance Reflections gets underway strikingly with LA(HORDE)’s ROOM WITH A VIEW and Lucinda Childs’ DANCE

This past week, the New York iteration of Van Cleef & Arpels’ Dance Reflections – a sweeping and ambitious contemporary dance festival presented in conjunction with some of the city’s … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Laurie Anderson’s upbeat LET X = X and Gregory Maqoma’s transcendent BROKEN CHORD kick off BAM’S Next Wave 2023 with a bang

This week, the 2023 version of the Brooklyn Academy of Music‘s Next Wave Festival kicked off with a bang with a pair of memorable offerings (see below for my further … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dance Roundup: FALL FOR DANCE ignites City Center for its 20th iteration and BALLETX returns to The Joyce

Dance in New York is in full swing. Aside from New York City Ballet’s ongoing 75th anniversary season, I’ve also been taking in some of the city’s other dance offerings. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – City Ballet brilliantly commences its landmark 75th anniversary season with a weeklong run of George Balanchine’s JEWELS

Last week, New York City Ballet brilliantly commenced its landmark 75th anniversary season by programming a weeklong run of George Balanchine’s incomparable Jewels (entitled The Foundation, City Ballet’s fall season … Continue Reading →