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Sunday, April 23, 2023

Review: Rebel Yells and Chants of ‘Adieu!’ From Ballet de Lorraine by Gia Kourlas

The company presented two large-scale works, one inspired by the French protests of 1968, and the other a response to a lost Merce Cunningham work, at NYU Skirball.

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Friday, April 21, 2023

An Artist-Run Dance Space That’s ‘All Presentation, Baby’ by Gia Kourlas and Ok McCausland

A new generation of choreographers, obsessed with composition and costumes, experiments at Pageant in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Virginia Johnson Steps Down From Dance Theater of Harlem. For Keeps. by Gia Kourlas

As artistic director, Johnson, a pathbreaking ballerina, helped get the company back on its feet after a hiatus. Now, she’s ready to be an artist again.

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Friday, April 14, 2023

‘I Raised Them!’ Nina Ananiashvili’s Georgian Dancers Come to Town by Gia Kourlas

Ananiashvili’s company, the State Ballet of Georgia, presents a program of works by George Balanchine and Yuri Possokhov at the Lehman Center in the Bronx.

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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Finding Freedom and Feminism in Ballet. (It’s Possible.) by Gia Kourlas

With new books and a podcast taking another look at the legacy of George Balanchine and the culture of ballet, where does a modern ballerina stand?

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Review: Kyle Abraham Takes on Cunningham and, as Always, Love by Gia Kourlas

Abraham and his company, A.I.M, returned to the Joyce Theater with a program of mixed repertory, including new dances and a Bebe Miller solo.

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Friday, March 31, 2023

Review: A Trip From Light to Dark With the National Ballet of Canada by Gia Kourlas

The company returned to New York City Center with recent works by Crystal Pite and David Dawson, along with a vintage offering by Kenneth MacMillan.

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

A Dancer and Chaplain Illuminates the Invisible With Patience by Gia Kourlas

In “The Invisible Project,” a premiere at NYU Skirball, the choreographer Keely Garfield’s work as an end-of-life and trauma chaplain informs the dance.

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Sunday, March 5, 2023

Review: A Pina Bausch Trip to Brazil Overstays Its Welcome by Gia Kourlas

Tanztheater Wuppertal returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for the first time in six years with “Água,” a long, whimsical work from 2001.

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Monday, February 27, 2023

The Return of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Isn’t City Ballet’s Reawakening by Gia Kourlas

The company wrapped up its season with two weeks of Peter Martins’s “The Sleeping Beauty,” a flurry of debuts and four promotions.

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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Four Dancers Promoted to Principal at New York City Ballet by Gia Kourlas

Signaling the arrival of ballet’s next generation, the soloists Emilie Gerrity, Isabella LaFreniere, Roman Mejia and Mira Nadon move up.

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Friday, February 24, 2023

Forget About Jazz Hands, This Fosse Show Is About Dancin’ by Gia Kourlas and Yael Malka

“Bob Fosse’s Dancin’,” revived by the director Wayne Cilento, is back on Broadway. Its stars? An eclectic cast of dancers who are anything but machines.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

It’s a Season of Vintage Gems, and Female Bonding, at City Ballet by Gia Kourlas

Women’s empowerment is the undercurrent of the winter season at New York City Ballet. Does it have a place in Americana?

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Thursday, February 2, 2023

Review: Dancing for Themselves in an Underworld of Shadows by Gia Kourlas

Cullberg, a contemporary Swedish company, makes its Joyce Theater debut with Deborah Hay’s delicate, hypnotic “Horse, the Solos.”

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Sunday, January 29, 2023

Easy Does It: Bringing Old-School Wisdom to City Ballet by Gia Kourlas

Kyra Nichols, a former principal, returns to the company for the first time since her 2007 retirement to coach ballets by Balanchine and Robbins.

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Friday, January 27, 2023

Review: Justin Peck Runs Out of Steam in ‘Copland Dance Episodes’ by Gia Kourlas

New York City Ballet’s resident choreographer expands on “Rodeo” to make an evening-length work set to some of Aaron Copland’s most popular music.

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Review: A Dance Searching for Harmony in an Unequal World by Gia Kourlas

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence returns to the Joyce Theater with two hits, “Open Door” and “Grace,” and a New York premiere with music by Jason Moran.

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Sunday, January 15, 2023

Review: Romeo and Juliet Leap to 1960s Hong Kong by Gia Kourlas

Septime Webre’s rendition of the tragic tale for Hong Kong Ballet this weekend at New York City Center had a striking look, but its dancing lacked vulnerability.

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Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Review: To the Moon! A Vivid Bill T. Jones Dance Leaves Earth’s Orbit by Gia Kourlas

In “Curriculum II,” dancers spin like planets as they grapple with the mind, the body and technology.

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Friday, January 6, 2023

At City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky Can Let His Imagination Run Wild by Gia Kourlas

When the choreographer joins the company as artist in residence, the winners will be the dancers. And ballet.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

What Does an Angel See in Her Future? Maybe a Sugarplum Fairy. by Gia Kourlas

In “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker,” performed by City Ballet and young students from its School of American Ballet, ballet comes full circle.

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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

What Do Two Fires Have in Common? It Comes Down to Guts. by Gia Kourlas

At MoMA, the choreographer and artist Yve Laris Cohen’s installation, inspired by a fire at Jacob’s Pillow, looks at the fragility of space, art and the body.

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Friday, December 16, 2022

The Dance Laboratory of an Existential Fidgeter by Gia Kourlas

In “Remains Persist,” the choreographer Moriah Evans oversees a four-hour experiment that proposes a new way of looking at dance.

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Thursday, December 15, 2022

What Set tWitch Apart as a Dancer? His Generous Spirit. by Gia Kourlas

Stephen Boss, known as tWitch, who took his own life, didn’t just move to music. He was music.

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Friday, December 9, 2022

Review: Michelle Dorrance Returns to the Joyce. Where’s the Zip? by Gia Kourlas

In an uneven program, the tap dancer and choreographer presents three new works in Manhattan, including a dance for former cast members of “Stomp.”

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The Wednesday Dance Is an Invitation. Be Weird. by Gia Kourlas

Jenna Ortega’s dance for her Addams Family character is a viral sensation, but why? It is disarming and defiant: the dance of a nonconformist.

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Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday Dance Is an Invitation. Be Weird. by Gia Kourlas

Jenna Ortega’s dance for her Addams Family character is a viral sensation, but why? It is disarming and defiant: the dance of a nonconformist.

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Friday, December 2, 2022

Review: Dancing to Tears for Fears, Until They’re Worn Out by Gia Kourlas

The Israeli choreographer Emanuel Gat presents “LOVETRAIN2020,” a work set to hits by the British duo, for his company’s Brooklyn Academy of Music debut.

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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

Dream Logic Mixed With ‘a Catalog of My Interests Back in 1996’ by Gia Kourlas

The veteran choreographer Sally Silvers celebrates her 40th anniversary season with “Pandora’s New Cake Stain,” a version of her first evening-length work.

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Thursday, November 24, 2022

The Tiny Dancers Who Make ‘The Nutcracker’ Sparkle by Gia Kourlas and Erik Tanner

In New York City Ballet’s production this year, the children, most of them new to the show, are back to normal. Pint-size, that is.

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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