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Scapino Ballet Rotterdam

Scapino Ballet Rotterdam
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, Oregon
April 30, 2008
Reviewed by Heather Wisner

Portland’s spring forecast brought snow one week and 80-degree temperatures the next, so the debut of Scapino Ballet Rotterdam—dancing a program that veered stylistically between pastoral and violent—seemed well-timed.
      There were hints of brutish nature in artistic director Ed Wubbe’s The Green…

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Eliot Feld's Mandance Project

Mandance Project
Joyce Theater, NYC
April 9–20, 2008
Reviewed by Susan Yung

Ballet Tech Foundation’s confusingly organized three-part conglomeration of performances comprised two programs choreographed by Eliot Feld—the Mandance Project, prominently starring women; and Kids Dance, with students from his school; plus a premiere by HORSE, a male troupe from Taiwan…

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Bavarian State Ballet

Bavarian State Ballet
National Theatre…

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Akram Khan Company

Akram Khan Company
City Center, NYC
April 23–27, 2008
Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa

About the only thing that might spoil watching Akram Khan and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui dance zero degrees is sitting behind a very tall man…

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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's Alice in Wonderland

Pittsburgh Ballet TheatreBenedum Center, Pittsburgh, PaApril 17–20, 2008Reviewed by Karen Dacko The third time’s a charmer…

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David Dorfman and Dan Froot

David Dorfman & Dan Froot
Symphony Space, NYC
April 3–5, 2008
Reviewed by Rose Anne Thom

Laughing out loud is one of the pleasures of watching the wonderfully zany dances of David Dorfman and Dan Froot…

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