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Gonzalez: Maybe a little too much intimacy.

Thirdbird's "Seen & Heard'

Things are tough all over

In “Seen & Heard,” choreographers revealed their disequilibrium with the chaos of the world, exposed the conventions of human relationships and uncovered the life of a dancer who's compelled to connect with his audience.
Jonathan M. Stein

Jonathan M. Stein

Articles 3 minute read
Daredevil stunts, with real feelings. (Photo: Cyrus McCrimmon.)

"Traces': Dazzling spectacle from 7 Fingers

Something completely different (and without a safety net)

The brilliant dancer/acrobats of 7 Fingers seek a new form of performing art. Their Traces— part circus act, part dance theater, part cabaret— is a dizzying, dazzling spectacle that defies definition.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 4 minute read
Jasperse: A humbling of the intellect. (Photo: Chris Taggart.)

John Jasperse's "Canyon' at the Fringe Festival

Confronting the inexplicable

John Jasperse's unorthodox Canyon seeks to alter the way we view performance, not to mention our states of consciousness. He jars our expectations of experience and reality, especially in temples of art on avenues of the arts.
Jonathan M. Stein

Jonathan M. Stein

Articles 4 minute read
Is Mars messing up your marriage? (Photo: Chris Doyle.)

Headlong Dance Theater's "Red Rovers'

None dare call it dance

In Red Rovers, Headlong Dance Theater once again comes up with a clever setup that leads nowhere. And would it kill them to do a little more dancing?
Merilyn Jackson

Merilyn Jackson

Articles 2 minute read
Original idea, but the same old movements.

"Dancing Dead' by Brian Sanders

Waiting for Sanders to evolve

In Dancing Dead, choreographer Brian Sanders has developed a brilliant and original concept. Still, if you've seen one Sanders piece, you've seen the limits of his movement vocabulary.
Jim Rutter

Jim Rutter

Articles 4 minute read
But will it work on a stage?

Parkour: Daredevil movement at the Fringe

Somersault across a dumpster? Welcome to the urban world of Parkour

Dancers who leap off tenement rooftops and parking garages? Don't laugh. Hip-hop transformed dance a generation ago; the new movement style called Parkour may yet do the same.
Jim Rutter

Jim Rutter

Articles 4 minute read
Ochoa's 'Castrati': Why undergo physical degradation? (Photo: Alexander Iziliaev.)

BalletX Summer Series (2nd review)

Night of the dense metaphors

Where Roger Jeffrey employed dance to explore dense metaphors concerning individuals and crowds, Amy Seiwert displayed dance at its most powerful for distilling the essence of remembered pain.
Jim Rutter

Jim Rutter

Articles 5 minute read

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Kerollis, Horne in Seiwert's 'It's Not a Cry': How relationships change. (Photo: Alexander Iziliaev.)

BalletX Summer Series (1st review)

The BalletX formula: Compose seriously, dance joyfully

BalletX's summer program demonstrated just how accomplished this spunky company has become in a short time. Whether they're creating their own work or bringing in intriguing experimenters from around the world, the BalletXers rarely produce anything that isn't totally professional and excitingly new.

Janet Anderson

Articles 4 minute read
Xavier: Intensity bordering on religious fervor.

The genius of Raphael Xavier

One man's single unifying endeavor

Two autobiographical works by Raphael Xavier suggest a choreographer whose vision extends far beyond the necessarily narrow world of a dancer.
Jim Rutter

Jim Rutter

Articles 4 minute read
The author (right), training in Russia: The head master as supreme dictator.

Russian and African dancers: A common thread

Africa's ‘Soviet ballet'

Russia and the West African nation of Guinea are two countries with little in common. Yet as I learned first-hand, their mutual passion for dance, and their approach to training dancers, share remarkable similarities.
Rebecca Davis

Rebecca Davis

Articles 5 minute read