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Tango Conspiracy
PAX, The Performing Arts Exchange in Miami, is a tucked away world of cultural expression right in downtown. Underneath I-95, this is a true underground hide-away that glows with good vibes and consciousness. In the words of its founders, PAX is dedicated to “fostering cultural diversity through the arts in hopes of human progress in a culture of peace.” And that it seems to do.
As a tango dancer …more…
Prince Credell in Alonzo King's Before the Blues ~ photo by Marty Sohl
In my usual weekly search for inspiration, I was watching various videos on You Tube of one of my favorite choreographers, Alonso King, Artistic Director of LINES Ballet in San Francisco. King’s work always makes me cry as it reaches into the soul through the simplest of means: honesty. There is never a false moment, never an …more…
Oakland Ballet Company
Oakland Ballet Company lends new meaning to the word ‘resilient.’ Founded by Ronn Guidi in 1965 (as Oakland Ballet), it developed a reputation for restaging – often with the participation of the original choreographers– classic early-20th-century ballets, such as Petrouchka, Les Biches, and Les Noces. Guidi retired in 1998. In the hands of an inexperienced director, the company collapsed eight years later. In 2007, Guidi came …more…
Smuin Ballet in Ma Cong's French Twist
Smuin Ballet has adopted the tagline “Beyond Ballet.” While it is true that the company’s dances run beyond the Romantic or classical style the word ballet generally calls to mind, much of the work is executed using traditional ballet vocabulary and all of it is performed by thoroughly trained classical dancers. Indeed, it is this that sets the late Michael Smuin’s 18-year-old troupe apart …more…
In the upcoming months, choral groups all over will be converging on special locations throughout the city, sharing their voices and cultures with Cincinnati residents. ...more...
Image of Black Grace from Cultural Trust website
I am still buzzing from this Dance Council season which ended Saturday with a stunning performance by Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. And now, the Dance Council, part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, has announced its upcoming season.
The season features crowd pleasers, Les Ballets Trockadero, an all-male group that parodies the ballet and contemporary dance world… often on pointe (pun intended)! Streb, the dare-devil …more…
Image of BLOOM! Dance Collective from KST website
The Kelly Strayhorn Theater will be hosting a number of local, Ohio, Philadelphia and New York choreographers as well as BLOOM! Dance Collective from Hungary as a part of newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival.
The three-day program will feature 16 choreographers, 42 dancers and 5 live musician. For the first time, the festival will also include symposiums, “featuring leaders in the dance community from …more…
I am not sure where my aversion to cover bands stems from, probably one too many ‘roll your eyes’ experiences of performers trying to be that which they are not and doing it badly. As a homeschooling family we are always looking for new ways to enhance our arts and cultural learning. Focusing on music appreciation and rock history I came across a series at the Las Vegas Hotel (formerly …more…
Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company: Keystone
In celebration of National Dance Week in Miami, Dance Now! Miami, the Florida Dance Association, and the Little Haiti Cultural Center generously presented two exciting evenings, showcasing the talents of nine local companies, with a special performance by members of New York’s Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company.
The Sampler was originally founded by South Florida dance pioneer, Daniel Lewis, who has had a long and illustrious career …more…
Born in San Diego, dancer, actress, choreographer, teacher, and writer Helen Pickett began her dance studies at the San Francisco Ballet School and went on to dance with the esteemed Ballet Frankfurt under the directorship of William Forsythe. As an actress she also worked with Elizabeth Le Compte’s The Wooster Group for 6 yrs in the OBIE award-winning House/Lights and North Atlantic and then guested with the Royal Ballet of …more…
WholeProject: Comet Love Joy
When Brigid Baker throws a party, it’s a party!
The April celebration at Baker’s 6th Studio in Little Havana, Miami began in the parking lot, with Broadway diva, Bertilla Baker, singing “Get the Party Started” as she rose in an open elevator to the back door platform of the studio. Alongside on the building’s blank wall, we watched the “Wall Rapture” as a graffiti artist contributed to …more…
Sohoyini Dance and Drum
In the language of the Dagomba people of Northern Ghana, “sohoyini” means ‘one heart’, which is the perfect emblem for the diverse group of artists coming together to form this joyous dance and drum company.
The mission behind SD&D is to unite cultures through the celebration of the music and movement of traditional African rhythms. With the U.S. company based in Seattle, Washington and a second company …more…
Heidi Latsky: GIMP
Heidi Latsky has had a long, illustrious career, from her early days in Montreal to becoming principal dancer with Bill T. Jones and Arnie Zane to creating her own New York-based contemporary company, Heidi Latsky Dance.
With her dynamic physicality and her intelligent approach to moving the body through space, Latsky’s choreography can be simultaneously poetic, sensual, violent, and athletic, running the gamut of emotions through her impeccable …more…
Pilobolus Dance Company
Contemporary Dance Theater, now in their 39th season is presenting the iconic dance company, Pilobolus on May 2nd and 3rd, 2012. Inventive, collaborative, acrobatic, and unique, Pilobolus dancers use their bodies to create a new way of seeing and experiencing shapes, igniting imaginations wherever they perform.
In addition to performing on stages all over the world, Pilobolus has been featured in many automotive commercials, at the 2007 Academy …more…
La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club
Once again in May, La MaMa Moves Dance Festival presents new work by both emerging and recognized choreographers in all three of La MaMa, E.T.C.’s venues.
May 9 – 12: Love Story, Palestine by Yoshiko Chuma and School of Hard Knocks
May 11- 13: – Chamber Works : An evening of work by various choreographers: Vicky Shick, Elena Demyanenko and Joe Poulson, Maura Donohue and Peggy Cheng, …more…
One of the cruel realities of performing artists is while they often do not earn much, they have extremely complicated tax returns. This can involve a stack of 1099s, W2s, and filing in multiple states, royalties statements, and even international returns. Performing artists also have greater out-of-pocket expenses than the average worker, and one of the complicating factors in their tax return is how to divide deductions between schedule C …more…
The Seldoms
One of Chicago’s most interesting dance companies, The Seldoms have a strong sense of physicality, flow, and mystery. It is easy to see the intelligence behind their choreography as the work is not only driven by questions dealing with contemporary issues, but also a personal relationship to the environment.
Artistic director Carrie Hanson, named by Dance Magazine as one of 25 to watch in 2012, founded the company in …more…
Las Vegas features many classic and tastefully preformed burlesque and showgirl productions. For visitors and locals desiring the experience of the old school style of showgirl productions that are synonymous with Las Vegas, Jubilee at Bally’s is the longest running show of its kind. Jubilee is a Donn Arden production with a cast of 85 performers which incorporates singing, dancing, acrobatics, magic and marvelous costumes and sets.
This extraordinary theatrical …more…
George Balanchine's Allegro Brillante
Ballet San Jose offers a mixed program April 13 through 15 to include three company premieres. The troupe, which has undergone an abrupt leadership change and now operates without an artistic director, appears at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts in Program II of its 2012 spring season. It is worth noting that not a single work by indefatigable company founder and former artistic director Dennis …more…
On March 14th, I had the rare privilege to see a professional dance company do a studio rehearsal. This was two days before the company debuted “Square None”, a new work choreographed by Norbert De La Cruz III. Aside from the wonderful opera-meets-electronic remixed music, and Austin Scarlett (of Project Runway fame) baroque inspired costumes, the rehearsal showed each of the dancers moving freely throughout the piece and dancing with major …more…
Image from Attack Theatre's website
Two local companies are presenting new works this weekend in Pittsburgh.
Gia T. Presents, the company of improviser Gia Cacalano, will be performing in BLINK with dancers England/Amsterdam’s Vincent Cacalano, New York’s Wendell Cooper and Philadelphia musician Michael McDermott as well as a cast of local performers–Jil Stifel, Jeff Berman, David Bernabo, Hill Jordan and Dr. Nelson Harrison. BLINK is an interdisciplinary improvised score with live …more…
Image from Cultural Trust website
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust has done a great job bringing in dance works for the Dance Council season as a part of its Distinctly Dutch Festival–at the end of February, Dance Works Rotterdam’s Anatomica and now the US premier of Last Touch First.
Last Touch First is the work of Jirí Kylián, the former artistic director of Nederlands Dans Theater and Michal Schumacher, an expat well-known for …more…
Chicago’s Thodos Dance Company is performing in Anchorage on Thursday, April 19, and if that’s news to you, you’re not alone. I just stumbled on the information myself, hidden away on the CenterTix website. The show has hardly been advertised and hasn’t appeared on most local arts calendars, and tickets aren’t yet for sale. But no, Beyoncé is not in the dance company. I’ll get to her in a minute. ...more...
The Firebird
The Firebird ballet has a long and exciting history ever since it was created by Michael Fokine in 1910 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballet Russes. Since then there have been several versions of The Firebird. George Balanchine’s 1949 version was created for his leading ballerina at the time, Maria Tallchief. Maurice Bejart juggled the imagery by using a revolutionary male figure to play the part of the Firebird, and …more…
Teaching kids to dance
During the year, PDP offers a variety of programs and workshops that help to stimulate audiences as well as the dance community, whether they are dance performances, Master Classes, educational opportunities, or artist forums.
As part of the Education Project Series, PDP is presenting a free artist forum on April 22, 2012 to discuss the difficult realities that dance teachers may face when working in educational settings. …more…
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