A hot night of dance at Central Park Summer Stage begins with audience-thrilling performances by winners of this year’s DRA, Dancers Responding to Aids Competition. Nine women and one male dance with passion and conviction, conveying silent fury within. Seated in silence at a table, the dance dialogue begins with the women’s white dresses twirling as they spin out of their chairs to the floor, rising and falling in record speed. A male soloist shows his individual streng... Read More
If you are in that camp that only wants to see super-human trinas with well-toned, to-die-for bodies, crazy extensions, and legs for days, then Complexions is the dance company to see. For their 15th anniversary season at The Joyce Theater, Complexions presents four brand new works. Tonight, I get the chance to witness two of them.
The evening begins with a piece called Dirty Wire choreographed by Co-Artistic Director, Dwight Rhoden, of course. The piece starts with... Read More
Complexions Contemporary Ballet is bringing in its 15th anniversary with a bang! This season at the Joyce Theater, Complexions has a variety of programs that covers the many shades of dance through the eyes of artistic directors, Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. What’s most exciting about this season, besides the dancers being more beautiful than ever, is seeing the work of company veterans such as Jae Man Joo and Juan Rodriguez on the line-up.
Program C opens... Read More
Complexions Contemporary Ballet presents a program of crowd-pleasers. Dubbed the “15th Anniversary Medley # 1: A collection of audience favorites,” the program shows off the variety of repertoire the company has accumulated. With beautifully constructed physiques the dancers articulate artistic abstractions. Exhilarating, daring athleticism is displayed by the dancers whose superb skillfulness is masked in a feeling of spontaneity.
The first work on the program... Read More
“This is the greatest show,” boasts a balletomane sitting next to me as I flip through my program waiting for America Dances! , Career Transition for Dancers’ 24th anniversary jubilee and celebration to begin; and, with a presenting sponsor as Rolex and a roster filled with the world’s most legendary dancers, I couldn’t imagine anything less.
For a jubilee, no better Master of Ceremonies could be found than the ebullient Jacques D’Amboise. He gives the opening remar... Read More
