THE HANGOVER REPORT – Weaponizing pointe work: Akram Khan’s trenchant GISELLE radically and strikingly updates the iconic classical ballet

Earlier this week at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, I attended the opening night performance of English National Ballet’s production of Giselle directed and choreographed by international dance superstar … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – After a few postponements, the Joffrey Ballet dances a swift and spirited DON QUIXOTE at the Lyric Opera House

After two postponements due to the ongoing scheduling challenges presented by the pandemic, Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet is finally presenting its crowd-pleasing staging of Don Quixote at the Lyric Opera House, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Principal dancer Amar Ramasar retires in a spirited A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM, concluding City Ballet’s resilient spring season

This past Sunday at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, principal dancer Amar Ramasar retired from the ranks of New York City Ballet in a performance of George … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – TRISHA BROWN DANCE COMPANY stylishly, nostalgically celebrates its 50th anniversary at The Joyce (finally)

This weekend, I attended a performance by the Trisha Brown Dance Company at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea. The weeklong run – which was delayed for a few years, as … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – New York City Ballet celebrates the 50th anniversary of the company’s STRAVINSKY FESTIVAL with compelling grit and determination

This spring season, New York City Ballet celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Stravinsky Festival, which commemorates the company’s strong association with the music of Igor Stravinsky. Although various choreographers … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – In its current VISIONARY VOICES program, City Ballet features idiosyncratic contemporary works by Tanowitz, Roberts, and Peck

Yesterday at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, I caught a Sunday matinee performance by New York City Ballet, which just concluded the first week of its ambitious spring season. … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Bated Breath’s intermittently successful CHASING ANDY WARHOL creates some striking tableaus against the city’s iconic vistas

This weekend, I participated in Chasing Andy Warhol, Bated Theatre Company’s latest walking tour cum immersive theater experience. The piece is the theater company’s equally ambitious – if less cohesive … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ntozake Shange’s landmark FOR COLORED GIRLS returns to Broadway in the form of Camille A. Brown’s gloriously cathartic, life-giving revival

Last night, Ntozake Shange’s for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf opened at the Booth Theatre, the very theater where the landmark “choreopoem” premiered on Broadway back in … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The inaugural CITY CENTER DANCE FESTIVAL concludes with a flourish: Martha Graham Dance Company & Dance Theatre of Harlem

This past week, the inaugural City Center Dance Festival concluded with a flourish, with both Martha Graham Dance Company and Dance Theatre of Harlem playing in repertoire (other companies that … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Paul Taylor launches the inaugural City Center Dance Festival and Mark Morris’s timeless, undisputed masterpiece returns to BAM

This week, the works of a pair of legendary dance-makers graced the stages of two beloved New York performing arts institutions. Here are my thoughts. PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANYNew York … Continue Reading →