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If you’ve ever seen Larry Keigwin‘s work, you probably guessed that he’s a fun guy. His choreography is cheeky and humorous; unexpected and electrifying. And though his aesthetic is decidedly contemporary, there’s a touch of that classic modern dance style that makes his partnerships with troupes like Paul Taylor Dance Company and Martha Graham Dance […]

Larry Keigwin is experiencing the best kind of culture shock right now. As he wrote on his blog yesterday about arriving in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire: Can you remember that instant when you landed on another continent and suddenly everything was foreign? My first impression? Holy Shit it is Hot (the kind of heat that fogs […]

Keigwin + Company. Photo by Christopher Duggan. Each year, the US Department of State and the Brooklyn Academy of Music choose three American dance companies for its DanceMotion USA cultural diplomacy program. For 2017, the sixth year of the initiative, DanceMotion will send three New York City-based companies to foreign countries. Keigwin + Company will […]

I was the gotta dance kid. I was always moving. My earliest dance memory is dancing on my front lawn with abandon, performing choreographed routines for passing cars. Fast-forward 10 years to high school, and I became obsessed with “Club MTV,” a dance show on the channel back when it played music videos. One day […]

The dancemaker dishes on  choreographing Broadway’s If/Then.     Though Larry Keigwin is best known for his work in contemporary concert dance, he’s no stranger to musical theater. After Keigwin choreographed the off-Broadway revival of Rent, director Michael Greif invited him to work on the Broadway production If/Then. Opening March 30, the musical stars Tony […]

Larry Keigwin gleefully treads the fine line between quirky and sexy. Part I: Part II:

Keigwin + Company The Joyce Theater, NYC March 16–21, 2010 Reviewed by Susan Yung   Aaron Carr, Matthew Baker, and Ashley Browne in Bird Watching. Photo by Christopher Duggan, Courtesy Keigwin + Company.   Larry Keigwin’s choreography has hit upon a delicate balance of rigorous and populist. He has become a blue collar dancemaker—and that’s […]

Striking performer. Adventurous choreographer. Unforgettable teacher. Straight-from-the-hip reviewer. Inspiring mentor. Gustave Martinez Solomons jr was all these things and more.