Wednesday, November 28, 2012
It’s a variation on the classic nightmare: finding yourself onstage in a dance recital — but you don’t know how to dance. And that’s exactly what happens in “Untrained,” the chee…
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Talk about a rare show of bipartisan support! Both first daughter Caroline Kennedy and right-wing billionaire David Koch were part of a cheering crowd Thursday night for American Ballet Thea…
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Take a bunch of good dancers, add every modern dance cliché in the book — then multiply by three. The exciting but predictable product would be Aspen Santa Fe Ballet’s triple bill.
The …
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The only flowers in the flamenco show “Flores para los Muertos” (“Flowers for the Dead”) are in the dancers’ hair. But for what Noche Flamenca delivered Wednesday night — emotion…
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There’s no better way for New York City Ballet to kick off its fall season than with a celebration of its Dynamic Duo: George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky. Tuesday night’s opening feat…
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Brooklyn’s newest performance space — the $50 million BAM Richard B. Fisher building, with 250 seats that can change configurations — is being opened by an artist just as versatile.
Th…
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For this year’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Mark Morris stayed off the stage and climbed into the orchestra pit.
And what’s coming out of there — where Morris conducts the festival orches…
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Watching Michael Smuin’s “Medea” is like freebasing kitsch. From its first image of the heroine wrapped in an enormous purple cape that is smoking — literally — you’re in for som…
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Six dancers, one 4 1/2 -minute song . . . 32 costume changes. You’d think Trish Sie’s “Skyscrapers” would be a multi-car collision. Instead, it’s the most colorful work of Pilobolu…
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Death be not proud, but Paris Opera Ballet should be — of its stunning production of Pina Bausch’s “Orpheus and Eurydice,” the tale of the man who dared to rescue his bride from the …
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The circus just came to town — and its name is Pilobolus. The acrobatic dancers opened their season Monday with a show heavy on stage magic and light on depth: a sort of pint-size Cirque d…
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You can’t take anything about “Le Corsaire” seriously — except the dancing. American Ballet Theatre’s swashbuckling ballet is like “The Abduction from the Seraglio” meets “Th…
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Shantala Shivalingappa is so versatile a dancer, you’d think she could go from the silks and bells of Indian dance to strapping on pointe shoes and dancing “Swan Lake.” And at “Namas…
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When Angel Corella first auditioned for the American Ballet Theatre, the company’s principal dancer of 16 years likened himself to a creature not known for its graceful moves.
“I was li…
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The audience couldn’t let go of Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg on Monday night at American Ballet Theatre — even though they were due to return in 15 minutes. The two were so magical…
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What’s Australian for “Swan Lake”? Down Under has its own version of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece — one that capped off the Australian Ballet’s first visit here since 1999. The newf…
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American Ballet Theatre’s opening night was the usual gala circus, but that’s the fun of it. Attended by a glittery crowd that included Bebe Neuwirth, Wendy Williams and skater Johnny We…
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Opening night Tuesday at New York City Ballet seemed like a surprise party — one where the dancers came into the theater to rehearse, turned on the lights and found the audience sitting th…
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Anyone who believes there are no meaty roles for dancers should check out “Borrowed Prey,” starting Thursday. Performed for just 20 people at a time, it’s the rare dance piece that tak…
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‘last Touch First” starts off slowly — literally. In fact, most of this hourlong performance piece is danced at a crawl, and yet it crosses the finish line.
The piece is based on Czech…
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Sylvie Guillem is a diva in spite of herself. Rudolf Nureyev made her a star at the Paris Opera Ballet back in the ’80s, but her technique was still formidable Wednesday, opening night of …
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The Whitney Biennial likes to shock, and so does Michael Clark. Back in Thatcher’s England, the British choreographer, now 49, set his dances to punk rock and put Hitler mustaches on his f…
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They may not be on your radar yet, but the women of the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble are rock stars in the dance world. At Tuesday’s opening night, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Isaac Mizrahi were …
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There is no joy at Lincoln Center — mighty Paul Taylor has struck out. America’s senior modern-dance genius showed three new works in the first week of his company’s New York season. A…
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It’s hard work keeping a legendary choreographer’s spirit alive. Martha Graham’s company has taken a daring, postmodern approach — only half the dances on Tuesday’s opening night o…
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In Boris Eifman’s world, there’s no such thing as a happy artist: Geniuses are all misunderstood, tortured or insane. Having examined Tchaikovsky and Balanchine through morose-colored gl…
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There’s a fine line between austere and dull, and Emanuel Gat crossed it. Switzerland’s Ballet du Grand Theatre de Geneve opened at the Joyce Tuesday with the Israeli choreographer’s �…
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While the Republican candidates were duking it out in Arizona Wednesday night, Ballet Arizona visited New York for the first time — and it’s a group worthy of bipartisan support.
The com…
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While the Republican candidates were duking it out in Arizona Wednesday night, Ballet Arizona visited New York for the first time — and it’s a group worthy of bipartisan support.The comp…
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New York City Ballet featured two big, glitzy spectacles at Wednesday night’s mixed bill, but only one pulled its weight. A return engagement of last spring’s “The Seven Deadly Sins”…
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To the list of Russian treasures — Fabergé eggs, caviar, Anna Netrebko — add “Russian Seasons,” Alexei Ratmansky’s beautiful ballet for New York City Ballet. Now going on 6 years …
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