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 →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The Joyce opens its season with the curious dance theater piece HEART OF BRICK, a sensitive if undercooked look at Black Queer love

This past weekend saw the opening of The Joyce Theater’s 2023/2024 season with Heart of Brick. Using singer/songwriter serpentwithfeet’s latest album as the springboard for this curious dance theater concoction … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP continues to thrive at The Joyce with generous repertory programming

This past weekend, I attended Program B of Mark Morris Dance Group’s first-time residency at The Joyce Theater (you can read my rave review of Program A here). Over the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP makes a triumphant debut at The Joyce with a grounded, intimate performance

Last night, Mark Morris Dance Group made a triumphant debut at the Joyce Theater. The last time I had seen the company was a little more than a year ago … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dance roundup: ONE DANCE reboots traditional Korean dance & Ballet Theatre concludes its Met season with a restrained ROMEO & JULIET

This past weekend, the Lincoln Center campus was abuzz with a pair of high profile dance performances, both of which playing to packed houses. Here are my thoughts on them. … Continue Reading →