All stories by Siobhan Burke on BroadwayStars

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Review: These Rites of Spring Push Back at Ruthlessness by Siobhan Burke

The South African choreographer and dancer Dada Masilo’s “The Sacrifice,” at the Joyce Theater, responds to Pina Bausch.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:03PM
Friday, May 5, 2023

Review: A Choreographer in Conversation With James Joyce by Siobhan Burke

In “Yes and Yes,” at the Irish Arts Center, Liz Roche responds to “Ulysses,” true to her own voice as she converses with his famously convoluted one.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:36PM
Tuesday, April 25, 2023

At La MaMa, a Dance Festival That Embraces States of Change by Siobhan Burke

Bobbi Jene Smith’s “Broken Theater” is perhaps the most high-profile offering at La MaMa Moves!, but other programs were just as memorable.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:34PM
Monday, April 24, 2023

Review: A Choreographer Who Excavates Misalignment by Siobhan Burke

Kathy Westwater’s dances at the Chocolate Factory, “Revolver” and “Choreomaniacs,” build on her focused movement investigations of the last 20 years.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:57PM
Friday, April 14, 2023

Review: Ayodele Casel Shares the Floor With Varied Visions of Tap by Siobhan Burke

At New York City Center, a characteristically generous Casel presents works by other choreographers as well as her own “Where We Dwell V.2.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:04PM
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Boom Times for Miguel Gutierrez, an Artist of Ordered Excess by Siobhan Burke

Gutierrez, whose work often calls attention to the precariousness of life in the performing arts, is experiencing a period of midcareer abundance.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AM
Friday, April 7, 2023

Review: On Faye Driscoll’s Life Raft, Spinning Toward the Unknown by Siobhan Burke

In “Weathering” at New York Live Arts, the performers seem like the last holdouts of a civilization clinging to survival.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:56PM
Monday, March 27, 2023

Review: A South Korean Troupe’s Physical Risks and Daunting Tasks by Siobhan Burke

The contemporary dance group Bereishit performed two works by its founder, Park Soon-ho, at NYU Skirball.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:19PM
Friday, February 24, 2023

Review: He Needs Your Help. And She’s Trapped Under a Mound. by Siobhan Burke

In Dean Moss’s “Your marks and surface,” at Danspace, images of softness and struggle coexist.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:13PM
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.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AM
Tuesday, January 24, 2023

A Flamenco Star’s Percussive Mastery and Insouciant Subversions by Siobhan Burke

Israel Galván brought a new iteration of his visually pared-down, danced-without-music “Solo” to Baryshnikov Arts Center.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:23PM
Thursday, January 19, 2023

A Raucous New Festival, With a Friends and Family Vibe by Siobhan Burke

The interdisciplinary Out-FRONT! fills a gap in the dance calendar, showing incandescent works like Jasmine Hearn’s “Salt and Spirit.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:39PM
Sunday, January 15, 2023

Review: A Fierce Clarity of Vision in ‘J’ai Pleuré Avec les Chiens’ by Siobhan Burke

The Indigenous artist Daina Ashbee’s first group piece, at the Gibney, simmers with tension and offers an approach to healing.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:25PM
Friday, January 13, 2023

Review: From an Eco Art Village, a Dance About Community by Siobhan Burke

Vertigo Dance Company’s “Pardes” is handsomely constructed if occasionally contrived.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:45PM
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Review: In ‘Folds,’ Caught Between Laughter and Grief by Siobhan Burke

Ivy Baldwin’s defiant and poignant work for four dancers at the Chocolate Factory Theater is the outcome of deeply considered collaboration.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 06:12PM
Wednesday, December 7, 2022

An Ailey Dancer’s Career Blooms, at the Company and Beyond by Siobhan Burke

At 30, Jacquelin Harris is expanding her repertoire, with role debuts in store for the latest Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater season.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:52PM
Sunday, December 4, 2022

‘Are You in Your Feelings?’ Review: The Ups and Downs of Love by Siobhan Burke

At Kyle Abraham’s premiere for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center, dancers find intimacy in songs by Erykah Badu and Jazmine Sullivan.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:48PM
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.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AM
Tuesday, November 8, 2022

Review: Making an Epic Visual Impact With Minimal Means by Siobhan Burke

The most intriguing aspects of Dimitris Papaioannou’s “Transverse Orientation” arise from a tension between grandeur and simplicity.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:06PM
Sunday, October 23, 2022

A Choreographer Who Merges Art, Activism and the Natural World by Siobhan Burke

Emily Johnson’s “Being Future Being” unfolds in two parts, one at East River Park, the other at New York Live Arts.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:45PM
Thursday, October 20, 2022

Review: From Twyla Tharp, the Effort and Possibilities of Dancing by Siobhan Burke

Two classics, “In the Upper Room” and “Nine Sinatra Songs,” share a program at City Center.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:09PM
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

LaTasha Barnes: Let the Circle of Influence Be Unbroken by Siobhan Burke

In a joyous program at the Joyce Theater, Barnes and company show the relationships among Black social dance forms. It’s all connected, and it’s all jazz.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:12PM
Thursday, October 6, 2022

Review: Yvonne Rainer’s Swan Song Is Not Quite a Grand Finale by Siobhan Burke

Rainer, who has said “Hellzapoppin’: What About the Bees?,” will be her last dance, tackles race, if at a puzzling remove.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:27PM
Sunday, September 25, 2022

Fall for Dance Review: Some Tap, a Pas de Deux and a Monastic Chorus by Siobhan Burke

The annual smorgasbord at New York City Center features dancers from Music from the Sole, the Bavarian State Ballet and Alvin Ailey.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:17PM
Friday, July 8, 2022

Review: Momix’s ‘Alice’ Is a Rabbit Hole (or 22) Too Far by Siobhan Burke

Momix’s latest show, now at the Joyce Theater, is inspired by Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.”

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:08PM
Friday, July 1, 2022

Review: In ‘Corps,’ Running Aspirational Dance Drills by Siobhan Burke

The choreographer Milka Djordjevich’s work at New York Live Arts investigates regimented movement before opening up to something more joyous and loose.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:02PM
Friday, June 24, 2022

Review: Pacific Northwest Ballet Finally Makes It Back to New York by Siobhan Burke

On Thursday’s mixed bill, Ulysses Dove’s “Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven” was the most arresting and emotionally resonant work.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:22PM
Thursday, June 23, 2022

Performing and Creating as Equals Across the Age Gap by Siobhan Burke

“It’s not really like we’re dancing. It’s more just like we’re moving,” Heera Gandhu, 13, says of his collaboration with the choreographer Mariana Valencia at Abrons.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:55PM
Friday, June 17, 2022

Review: Radiant Artists, With a Percussive Bond by Siobhan Burke

Amanda Castro, Brinda Guha and Arielle Rosales come from different traditions but share a reverence for the dancers’ foundation: the ground.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:38PM
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Review: Exploring Plato and Online Dating, Gibney Dancers Give Their All by Siobhan Burke

Gibney Company presents “Up Close, a program of boundary-teasing works by three choreographers.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:50PM
Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Review: Trisha Brown’s Mischief, Mystery and Delicate Aberrations by Siobhan Burke

In a delayed celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Brown company presented two dazzling works she made with Robert Rauschenberg.

SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:21PM

All that Chat

2022-2023 BROADWAY SEASON
Nov 27, 2022: KPOP - Circle In The Square