VIEWPOINTS – A preview of upcoming live-streamed dance events: The Joyce’s STATE OF DARKNESS & City Center’s FALL FOR DANCE

Among the performing arts, dance in particular embraces the visceral immediacy of the present moment. In a previous post of mine, I expressed my slight disappointment over the tendency of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: The fall dance season begins with inspired past performances by City Ballet and the Royal Ballet

Theater’s not the only performing arts genre ramping up its digital programming this fall. This week, I streamed content from two of the world’s great ballet companies, the Royal Ballet … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: The Met’s hit production of PORGY AND BESS, Complexions’ rousing if repetitive BACH 25, and Richard Nelson’s eloquent finale to his APPLE FAMILY “Pandemic Trilogy”

Here are my latest thoughts on my online performing arts viewings. PORGY AND BESS Opera The Metropolitan Opera Last weekend, the Metropolitan Opera streamed, without charge, its hit production of … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Joshua William Gelb’s altogether astonishing FOOTNOTE, John Adams’ distilled but potent EL NIÑO, and Robert Battle’s thoughtfully-rendered NO LONGER SILENT

This past week, I streamed three particularly fascinating works in the performing arts disciplines of theater, classical music, and dance. Each took artistic risks for which they were rewarded handsomely. … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Assessing a pair of dance theater adaptations from across the pond: JEKYLL & HYDE and THE MAD HATTER’S TEA PARTY

For me, one of the few perks of not having access to live theater is the opportunity to check out stage works that haven’t made it to New York (yet). … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Week 2 of Manual Cinema’s retrospective, ROH’s Bryn Terfel-led “Dutchman”, and Robbie Fairchild beguiles in a short dance film

Here are my thoughts on the latest set of streaming adventures. Enjoy! THEATER Manual Cinema‘s 10th anniversary retrospective continued last week with The End of TV (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED), which tells the initially … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Manual Cinema kicks off its retrospective, and the Met and Royal Ballet stream classic productions of DER ROSENKAVALIER and THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, respectively

Last week, I streamed an eclectic bunch of performances. Here are my thoughts. THEATER First up was the streaming of the original 1957 broadcast of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s filmed-live-for-television version … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – ROMEO & JULIET three ways: As theater (Shakespeare), dance (MacMillan), and opera (Gounod)

Adaptations of iconic Shakespeare plays from into other genres of performing arts isn’t a new phenomenon. It is unusual, however, for these adaptations to attain the same classic status in their individual … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Streaming Diary: Royal Opera’s superb FAUST, NT at Home ends sensationally with AMADEUS, and DTH does Nacho Duato proud

As a heat wave hits New York, I found myself more than happy to indulge – indoors in my air conditioned apartment – in online performing arts content. Here are my … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Paul Lightfoot and Sol León bid farewell to Nederlands Dans Theater in style with STANDBY & SHE REMEMBERS

Back in 2018, Paul Lightfoot made the decision to step down as artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater this year (Canadian Emily Molnar was chosen to take over the coveted role), … Continue Reading →