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Friday, April 28, 2023

Review: Where a Boxer’s Clinch Is a Slow-Dance Embrace by Brian Seibert

Shamel Pitts’s “Touch of Red,” at New York Live Arts, takes place in a boxing ring. It’s not a competition, though. It’s a relationship.

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Thursday, April 20, 2023

Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Returns to Sparkling Form by Brian Seibert

A decade after its rebirth, the company is assured and radiant in a challenging Balanchine and a moody piece set to James Blake’s electronic soul music.

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Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Review: Pushing 100, the Martha Graham Dance Company Leans Into Youth by Brian Seibert

The two premieres in the company’s two-week run at the Joyce Theater are by fledgling choreographers whose efforts don’t add much to Graham’s legacy.

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Sunday, April 2, 2023

Review: The Dreamy Precision of an Everyday Surrealist by Brian Seibert

The choreographer Beth Gill’s “Nail Biter,” at the Fisher Center at Bard College, is absolutely deliberate but also mysterious.

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

Review: A New Zealand Troupe’s Oceanic Feelings by Brian Seibert

Atamira Dance Company’s “Te Wheke” at the Joyce Theater drops you into its world and trusts you can swim in it.

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Jenny Schlenzka Steps Down From Performance Space New York by Brian Seibert

Schlenzka, who took the reins in 2017, presided over a rebranding and a new name for the organization — and an experiment in artist rule.

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Friday, March 24, 2023

Review: In ‘Alma,’ the Flamenco Star Sara Baras Warms Up by Brian Seibert

Baras’s show, the only dance production in this year’s Flamenco Festival New York, was looser than usual, with soothing moments and good times.

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92nd Street Y, a Storied Home of Dance, Gives It More Space by Brian Seibert

With a renovation, new studios and the return of dance to the Kaufmann Concert Hall, an institution once central to dance in New York invests in its future.

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Monday, March 20, 2023

Stuart Hodes, Who Danced With Martha Graham, Is Dead at 98 by Brian Seibert

Devoting his long life to dance, he was also a choreographer, an educator and an author, and was still onstage in his 90s.

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

Review: Parsons Dance Is an Enjoyable Ride, as Usual by Brian Seibert

The company’s run at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan, featuring a premiere set to the soulful music of Bill Withers, is fun and clever in spots.

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Friday, March 10, 2023

Review: In This Dance, Even the Nose Scratches Are Choreographed by Brian Seibert

“Blackbare in the Basement,” Jordan Demetrius Lloyd’s first evening-length commission, shows a distinct voice still developing.

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Sunday, March 5, 2023

Review: Awilda Sterling-Duprey Summons Dancing Forces of Nature by Brian Seibert

The New York debut of her performance “Lacks Criticality” coincides with an exhibition at the Whitney Museum that explores how artists have responded to Hurricane Maria.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

Review: Ohad Naharin Is More Than the Sum of His Imitators by Brian Seibert

Batsheva Dance Company brings Naharin’s “Hora” to the Joyce Theater, showcasing his idiosyncratic, often-emulated style.

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

What to See This Spring in NYC: Broadway Shows, Concerts and More by Steven McElroy, Joshua Barone, Siobhan Burke, Jon Pareles, Brian Seibert, Lindsay Zoladz and Roslyn Sulcas

“Life of Pi” and Laura Linney on Broadway, Lise Davidsen at the Met Opera, SZA on tour: Here’s what we’re looking forward to this season.

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Friday, February 10, 2023

At Hubbard Street Dance, Making a Place for ‘the Other Folks’ by Brian Seibert

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, the Chicago troupe’s new leader, wants to expand the voices in the company, coming this week to the Joyce Theater.

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

What an ’80s Feeling: ‘Flashdance' Turns 40 by Brian Seibert

The film helped bring breaking into the mainstream. Over the years, it also became famous for the subs and doubles of its star, Jennifer Beals.

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Review: A Hip-Hop Take on Shakespeare’s Star-Crossed Lovers by Brian Seibert

“Rome & Jewels,” revived at the Joyce Theater, established Rennie Harris as a gifted and canny choreographer of street styles for the concert stage.

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Friday, February 3, 2023

Review: From Lil Buck, History and a Chance to Flash Some Brilliance by Brian Seibert

“Memphis Jookin’: The Show,” which presents jookin “in the world it comes from,” is sincere entertainment, packed with talent and heart.

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The Night Falls: A Song and Dance Collaboration Straight Outta Swamplandia by Brian Seibert

The choreographer Troy Schumacher, the composer Ellis Ludwig-Leone and the novelist Karen Russell teamed up, pushing one another to new places in their mediums.

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Review: At New York City Ballet, a Too Quiet Debut by Brian Seibert

“Fortuitous Ash,” Keerati Jinakunwiphat’s first work for a ballet company, was spectral in two senses: ghostly and insubstantial.

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Sunday, January 22, 2023

Review: In ‘Force of Nature,’ Natalia Osipova Is Absorbed in Memories by Brian Seibert

The Russian dancer brought her star-and-her-friends touring program to New York City Center on Saturday for a sold-out, one-night-only show.

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Thursday, January 12, 2023

A Showcase for Up-and-Comers, With Some Vogueing (and Shade Thrown) by Brian Seibert

The American Dance Platform, this year curated by Ronald K. Brown, gives three companies a stage in New York.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Review: Gibney Dances Ohad Naharin, Minus the Inner Drive by Brian Seibert

The Gibney Company presents Naharin’s “Yag,” but the dancers lack the stage presence to fully inhabit it.

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Sunday, December 11, 2022

Review: Ailey Rages in ‘Survivors’ and Finds Humor in ‘Roy’s Joys’ by Brian Seibert

At Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s current season at New York City Center, Twyla Tharp’s insouciance shines through, while anger rings true in “Survivors.”

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Friday, December 9, 2022

Review: A Tere O’Connor Dance That Ebbs, Flows and Weaves by Brian Seibert

“Rivulets,” with a score composed by the choreographer, brings a mesmerizing stream of consciousness to Baryshnikov Arts Center.

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Michelle Dorrance’s Former Student Takes Over as Composer by Brian Seibert

After years of friendship and collaboration, Aaron Marcellus is writing the music for a new dance by Michelle Dorrance, his former tap teacher.

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Friday, December 2, 2022

Here Are the Best Dance Performances of 2022 by Gia Kourlas, Brian Seibert and Siobhan Burke

After a few slow, sad years, the dance calendar returned to something like abundance, with standout shows that leaned into joy and community.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Review: Complexions Returns With New Dances but Not New Moves by Brian Seibert

The contemporary ballet company, whose chief choreographer is Dwight Rhoden, presented dances at the Joyce Theater that felt like more of the same.

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Monday, November 21, 2022

The Trisha Brown Company Hires a Choreographer Not Named Trisha Brown by Brian Seibert

Judith Sánchez Ruíz, a former dancer in the company, has been commissioned to make its first work not by Brown.

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

A Genre-Spanning Choreographer Who Says Yes to the Unknown by Brian Seibert

Jennifer Weber has two shows opening on Broadway, “&Juliet” and “KPOP,” and her “Hip-Hop Nutcracker” is coming to Disney+.

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Friday, November 11, 2022

Review: Play and Loss, and Unusual Rituals of Mourning by Brian Seibert

Vanessa Anspaugh’s dance “Mourning After Mornings” discovers and creates its own logic, mixing humor with grief.

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All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards