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Category Archives: Previews
Misty Copeland and FIREBIRD Excerpts Live-Streamed from the Guggenheim
For Californians (like me) who missed Misty Copeland’s Firebird at Segerstrom last month, or for New Yorkers and others hoping to catch a pre-Met season glimpse, she’ll be performing excerpts of it at the Guggenheim as part of the museum’s … Continue reading
Posted in Film / DVD / YouTube / Livestreams, Previews
Tagged Firebird, Guggenheim, Misty Copeland, Works and Process
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REMEMBER ME, MORPHOSES, URBAN BUSH WOMEN, ET. AL.
If you’re in New York, don’t forget that David Parsons-choreographed rock opera, Remember Me, airs tonight at 7:30 on channel 21 (above photo from here). Also upcoming in NYC, Morphoses takes Central Park’s SummerStage (photo above from that site) this … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged Anya Garnis, Battery Park, Burn the Floor, Central Park Summerstage, Christopher Wheeldon, Damrosch Park, David Parsons, Downtown Dance Festival, East River Park, East Village Opera Company, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Martha Wainwright, Morphoses, Parsons Dance, Pasha Kovalev & Anya Garnis, Remember Me, Remember Me rock opera, So You Think You Can Dance, Urban Bush Women
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ROMEO + JULIET TONIGHT ON LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER
(photo by Paul Kolnik, of Sterling Hyltin and Robert Fairchild, taken from NYObserver) Don’t forget: tonight on PBS Live From Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet performing Peter Martins’ Romeo + Juliet. It’s not my favorite version of the ballet, … Continue reading
REMINDER: DANCE TIMES SQUARE SHOWCASE COMING UP
Next Monday evening, May 11th. See my earlier post for more info. Ridiculously, I won’t be able to make it; I’m going out of town and won’t be back yet. But I met a very nice guy, DJ McDonald, in … Continue reading
Posted in Ballroom / Latin, Previews
Tagged Anya Garnis, Ballroom Unleashed, Caught, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Cedar Lake Contemporary Dance, Cedar Lake Dance, Dance Times Square, Danny Kaye Playhouse, David Parsons, Eugene Katsevman, Latin / Ballroom, Latin dance, Maria Manusova, Melanie LaPatin, Parsons Dance, Pasha Kovalev & Anya Garnis, Sabra Johnson, Tony Meredith, Travis Wall, Twitch
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HOW BRILLIANT IS PAUL KOLNIK?!
For this gorgeous picture of Janie Taylor (one of my favorite ballerinas in the world right now) in one of my favorite ballets (Balanchine’s La Valse)! Sorry, I just logged on to the Times Dance Section and this picture just … Continue reading
Posted in photography, Previews
Tagged Janie Taylor, New York City Ballet, New York Times, Paul Kolnik, Stephen Petronio
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GREAT GATSBY BALLET
BalletMet Columbus, based in Columbus Ohio, is currently putting on a ballet version of the F. Scott Fitzgerald classic. Says 35-year-old choreographer Jimmy Orrante: ” The story has parallels with today, with the cycle repeating of people going to parties, … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Columbus Ohio, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Gerard Charles, Great Gatsby, Jimmy Orrante
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PASCAL RIOULT DANCE THEATER REHEARSAL
(photo by Andrea Mohin, taken from NYTimes) Today I, along with several other bloggers, was invited to a studio rehearsal of Pascal Rioult’s The Great Mass, which will premiere at the Joyce Chelsea in two weeks. Set to Mozart’s Mass … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged Andrea Mohin, Cedar Lake Contemporary Dance, dance rehearsal, Dances Patrelle, Edwin Denby, Elisa Monte Dance Company, George Balanchine, Martha Graham, Mass in C Minor, Maurice Ravel, Mozart, New York Times, Pascal Rioult, Pascal Rioult Dance Theater, TAKE Dance, The Great Mass
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DANCE BRAZIL WEBCASTING LIVE
Dance Brazil, who will be performing at the Skirball Performing Arts Center at NYU March 19-22, will be webcasting live part of their show on the 22nd. Ritmos, which I reviewed here, will be broadcast at 6:45 EST. You can … Continue reading
PAUL TAYLOR: DREAMS AND FUNNIES
(photo of De Suenos by Tom Caravaglia) So, Paul Taylor season is currently underway at New York City Center. I’ll be going several times next week and will be writing more then, but last week I saw three dances: Funny … Continue reading
Marcelo Upcoming at the Danny Kaye Playhouse!
From April 16-19, the favorite will be performing with Maria Riccetto at the Danny Kaye Playhouse on the Upper East-Side. They, along with four other ABT dancers, will be dancing Francis Patrelle’s Come Rain/Come Shine, in celebration of the 20th … Continue reading
New Cafe at Alice Tully Hall
Yesterday, Ariel invited me to a rehearsal at New York City Ballet. I love watching rehearsals! Especially with performers you really like; you kind of get to know their personalities a bit more. I don’t think we’re supposed to talk … Continue reading
Posted in Previews, Restaurants / food
Tagged Alice Tully Hall, cafe at Alice Tully Hall, Claudia La Rocco, Dance Theater Workshop, Dean Moss, Experimental Dance, Gia Kourlas, Kisaeng becomes you, Lincoln Center, Lincoln Center construction, New York City Ballet, New York Times, rehearsals, Tyler Angle, WNYC Performance Club, Yoon Jin Kim
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Marie Antoinette Ballet About to Premiere in Houston
Apparently the artistic director of the Houston Ballet, Stanton Welch, whose work — that I’ve seen anyway– I’ve really liked, has made a new ballet based on the life of Marie Antoinette, which is just about to premiere. See a … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged Ballet, Houston Ballet, Marie Antoinette, Marie Antoinette ballet, Stanton Welch
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Jacob's Pillow's Summer 2009 Calendar Is Up
Here. Looks exciting — Pacific Northwest Ballet, Jason Samuels Smith (in pic above), Rennie Harris, Cedar Lake, Doug Varone, Merce, etc. etc. I hope I can make it up there for a day or two. Or three or four. So … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged Cedar Lake Dance, Doug Varone, Jacob's Pillow, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Jason Samuels Smith, Merce Cunningham, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Rennie Harris
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Alvin Ailey Day at Film Society This Sunday
This Sunday, February 1, in honor of the start of Black History Month, the Film Society at Lincoln Center will be showing a full afternoon and evening of films about Alvin Ailey and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in … Continue reading
Two Big Ballet Companies Begin Their Winter Seasons
Last night marked the start of Miami City Ballet‘s New York City Center season, which is very exciting because, not only is this that company’s Manhattan debut, but it marks the return of the company’s director, the famous Edward Villella, … Continue reading
Champions of the Dance
I am really excited about this! It’s for one night only, Friday, January 23 at 8 pm, at Town Hall in midtown, and it’s starring a couple of my favorite pairs: Delyan Terziev and Boriana Deltcheva (in the above pic, … Continue reading
Posted in Previews
Tagged America's Ballroom Challenge, Anya Garnis, Boriana Deltcheva, Champions of the Dance, Delyan Terziev, Erin Bomboy, Evgeny Dyanchenko, Gherman Mustuc, Inna Ivanenko, Iveta Lukosiute, Lisa Vogel, Mayo Alanen, Pasha Kovalev & Anya Garnis, PBS, Tony Scheppler, Town Hall
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