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 →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Flexing the boundaries of classical ballet: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE unveils new works by Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham

This week, American Ballet Theatre commenced its fall season at the David H. Koch Theater. The opening program was an enticing one — performed under the umbrella banner of “Innovation … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – An assessment of NEW YORK CITY BALLET’s landmark all-women choreographers program

One of the more intriguing programs in the latter portion of New York City Ballet’s fall season — which concluded last weekend — was the Contemporary Choreographers program that was … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Botis Seva’s hallucinatory BLKDOG arrives at The Joyce, engulfed in vulnerability and fury

Last night, I attended the opening performance of Botis Seva’s Olivier Award-winning BLKDOG at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea. Performed by the London-based dance company Far from the Norm — … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Performance as literal acts of survival: Molissa Fenley’s STATE OF DARKNESS and Miet Warlop’s ONE SONG

Over the past week or so, I came across a pair of performances that were literal acts of survival, both requiring Olympic-level endurance to simply get through them. As per … Continue Reading →