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Petukhov's "Carmen' ballet
Bizet’s Carmen as a modern Russian folk ballet, told from Don José’s perspective to a techno-music score? Yes, I too was skeptical. But Yuri Petukhov’s psychologically complex choreography and alterations to the text rendered the inner story of José’s deadly infatuation into something far more dark and haunting.
Carmen. Ballet choreographed by Yuri Petukhov; music from Bizet’s opera re-orchestrated by Igor Ponomazen
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Pennsylvania Ballet's "Messiah' (2nd review)
So much of Robert Weiss’s Messiah rises and falls on the Messiah himself, and the audience couldn’t get enough of principal Sergio Torrado in the role.
Messiah. Ballet by Robert Weiss; music by George Frideric Handel. Pennsylvania Ballet production through March 9, 2008 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts. (215) 551-7000 or www.paballet.org.
Messiah. Ballet by Robert Weiss; music by George Frideric Handel. Pennsylvania Ballet production through March 9, 2008 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts. (215) 551-7000 or www.paballet.org.
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Pennsylvania Ballet's "Messiah'
If Christ and his disciples had looked and moved like Sergio Torrado and the Pennsylvania Ballet corps, Christianity would’ve been a no-brainer from the start, even for the Roman Centurions.
Messiah. Ballet by Robert Weiss; music by George Frideric Handel. Pennsylvania Ballet production through March 9, 2008 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts. (215) 551-7000 or www.paballet.org.
Messiah. Ballet by Robert Weiss; music by George Frideric Handel. Pennsylvania Ballet production through March 9, 2008 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts. (215) 551-7000 or www.paballet.org.
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Merce Cunningham at Annenberg
Some choreographers work with composers; Merce Cunningham works with computers. However cerebral, his Biped presents a brave, fascinating new world of dance. And the conceptual experience of his eyeSpace is a triumph, even if the piece itself isn’t.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Biped and eyeSpace. February 28-29, 2008, at Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898-6701 or www.p
Merce Cunningham Dance Company: Biped and eyeSpace. February 28-29, 2008, at Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898-6701 or www.p
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Shen Wei Dance Arts at Perelman Theater
Shen Wei, founder of China’s first modern dance company, is as much painter and designer as master choreographer. To watch his Map is to see the work of the artist under repressive regimes.
Shen Wei Dance Arts. February 15-17, 2008 at Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center. 215-893-1999 or www.kimmelcenter.org
Shen Wei Dance Arts. February 15-17, 2008 at Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center. 215-893-1999 or www.kimmelcenter.org
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nEW Festival's winter installment
The winter installment of nEW Festival’s “Dancehouse” collective of works in development was a frisky, sleeker sampler with concepts and sketches trying to break through to actual performance.
nEW Festival winter festival. Produced by Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre Jan. 18-20, 2008 at UArts Drake Theater, 1512 Spruce St. (215) 359-7775 or www.nEWfestival.net.
nEW Festival winter festival. Produced by Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre Jan. 18-20, 2008 at UArts Drake Theater, 1512 Spruce St. (215) 359-7775 or www.nEWfestival.net.
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"M. Butterfly's' sword dancers
The sword dancers enlivened a lumbering first act.
M. Butterfly. Drama by David Henry Hwang; directed by Joe Calarco. Philadelphia Theatre Co. production through February 24, 2008 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Broad and Lombard Sts. (215) 985-0420 or www.philadelphiatheatrecompany.org.
M. Butterfly. Drama by David Henry Hwang; directed by Joe Calarco. Philadelphia Theatre Co. production through February 24, 2008 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, Broad and Lombard Sts. (215) 985-0420 or www.philadelphiatheatrecompany.org.
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Paco PeÓ±a at Verizon Hall
People pound the rafters even after two and a half hours of authentic, undistilled, uncommercialized Spanish dance without any decoration.
Paco Peña Flamenco Ensemble. January 27, 2008 at Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center. (215) 893-1999 or www.kimmelcenter.org.
Paco Peña Flamenco Ensemble. January 27, 2008 at Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center. (215) 893-1999 or www.kimmelcenter.org.
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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Choreographic provocateur Bill T. Jones has created new dialogues in dance arts from every physical angle and emotional perspective. But his tepid Chapel/Chapter seems like a complete commercially artsy indulgence.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. January 29-30, 2008 at Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898-3900 or www.pennpresents.org.
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. January 29-30, 2008 at Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898-3900 or www.pennpresents.org.
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The power of dancers
In a world of suicide bombers, soldiers and crying children, why am I dancing? Because armies of dancers possess a unique power too— including the power to help us forget, if only for a moment, that we are dying.
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