VIEWPOINTS – A look back at AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE’s satisfying fall season at the David H. Koch Theater

After beginning its fall season with a week of family-friendly Whipped Cream performances (you can read my impressions here), American Ballet Theatre shifted gears in its second week of performances … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Camille A. Brown revives (and appears in) her caustic MR. TOL E. RANCE as part of her broader examination of Black identity

This past Sunday evening at The Joyce Theater, I attended Camille A. Brown’s disturbing yet exuberant Mr. TOL E. RAncE (2012), the first entry in the celebrated choreographer’s (who is … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – American Ballet Theatre commences its fall season with Alexei Ratmansky’s deliriously giddy WHIPPED CREAM

This past weekend, I attended the closing performance of Alexei Ratmansky’s staging of Whipped Cream, which commenced American Ballet Theatre’s fall season with a weeklong run at the David H. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – IN THE UPPER ROOM & NINE SINATRA SONGS: Twyla Tharp’s greatest hits intoxicate at City Center

Last night at New York City Center, I attended a program comprised of Twyla Tharp’s greatest hits. These would be In the Upper Room and Nine Sinatra Songs, two show-stopping … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In its collaborative (AFTERLIFE), composer Tyshawn Sorey’s MONOCHROMATIC LIGHT morphs into an altogether altered experience

Earlier this week at the Park Avenue Armory, I had the opportunity to experience composer Tyshawn Sorey’s profound and highly collaborative effort Monochromatic Light (Afterlife). Commissioned by the Armory, the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Constanza Macras and DorkyPark’s dance theater hybrid OPEN FOR EVERYTHING is an unruly explosion of Romani community and life

Last night at the Harvey Theater at BAM Strong, I attended the opening night of DorkyPark’s Open for Everything, the chaotic second offering of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s 2022 … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – New York City’s popular, relevant FALL FOR DANCE Festival continues its eclectic, reflective, and crowd-pleasing celebration of dance in all its guises

Over at New York City Center, the two-week Fall for Dance Festival – which draws to a close this weekend – happily remains a popular sell-out, just as in pre-pandemic … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – A mixed bag of new works by Kyle Abraham, Justin Peck, and Gianna Reisen make their debuts at City Ballet’s FALL FASHION GALA

This past Wednesday, New York City Ballet’s annual Fall Fashion Gala – which this year marked its landmark tenth anniversary – came and went at the David H. Koch Theater, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – City Center’s business-as-usual 2022 FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL indicates a New York fall dance season in full swing (at long last)

For the first time since pre-pandemic times, New York City Center’s Fall for Dance has once again gone international (in contrast to last year’s festival, which understandably focused solely on … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Alan Cumming and Steven Hoggett’s BURN conjures fellow Scotsman Robert Burns in fever dream fashion

In coup-like fashion, The Joyce Theater opened its typically ambitious fall season last night with the highly anticipated New York premiere of Alan Cumming and Steven Hoggett’s curious but welcome … Continue Reading →