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Vital Signs

Location, Location, Location ODC Theater brings adventure and irreverence to “regional touring” with the first-ever Walking Distance Dance Festival. A three-day, Fringe-esque event, the festival will utilize three performance spaces within ODC’s two buildings. Modeled on its 2010 InnerState Project in Willits, CA (in which three performance venues were within walking distance of each other), […]

New York Notebook

      Joffrey’s Rocky Road Hosannas and hallelujahs for the new documentary on the Joffrey Ballet, that groundbreaking American experiment in ballet that relocated from NYC to Chicago in 1995. Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, directed by Bob Hercules, features lively, sometimes emotional interviews with former dancers including Christian Holder, Gary Chryst, Trinette Singleton, […]

The Turning Point

You’re about to graduate from high school and know you want to keep dancing. But how, where, and in what environment? Is your goal to dance professionally? And how much of the college experience do you want? From the intensive training of a conservatory to the broad-based academics of dance programs in liberal arts colleges, […]

Why Aren't We Seeing Older Dancers More Often?

I get it that not every older dancer is as glorious as Carmen de Lavallade. But Paradigm keeps coming up with some great dancers in its small company. For instance, Karen Brown, whom I never saw when she danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem. Radiant, delicate, and focused. These performers have such vivid eyes and […]

Best of 2010

More than any year in recent memory, I was absolutely astonished by certain pieces, so I thought I would start with them.     Please keep in mind that this list is not comprehensive or objective (or orderly) in any way. It reflects only own reactions and is limited by where I was and what […]

Bravo for the 4 Women at the Joyce

Gutsy. Wild. Smart. Original. All four of these young choreographers fit those words: Andrea Miller, Camille A. Brown, Kate Weare, and Monica Bill Barnes. Each has her own unmistakable voice. Strong voices, spirited voices. Sure there are influences that are easy to see. Brown’s group pieces have heavy Ron K. Brown influence (she danced with […]

Reviews

    Camille A. Brown/Andrea Miller/Kate Weare/Monica Bill Barnes The Joyce Theater, NYC • August 9–14, 2010 • Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa   “She pushes them hard,” said a guy behind me at the Joyce, his tone admiring. His friend concurred. Did they mean Gallim Dance’s Andrea Miller? Or Camille A. Brown, the other […]

More on the Choreographic Dilemma: To Blog or Not to Blog

My last outburst touched off a firestorm of responses. The best ones extend the discussion in sensitive ways, and the worst castigate me as trying to “gag” choreographers. What I appreciate most is that my cranky complaint has triggered a series of blogs that really take a look at this trend (of step-by-step blogging about […]