Alexandance's first full length show, A Vertiable Smorgasbord, is a fascinating glimpse into worlds both funny and fierce. Presented by Triskelion Arts, choreographers Alex Springer and Xan Burley lay it all on the line in a jam-packed evening of short dances ranging from wittily astute to traumatically effective.
The gems of the evening are two duets between Burley and Springer themselves. The first, from 2009 entitled Spilt, is a clever window... Read More
Corella Ballet Castilla y Leon's weekend at City Center is a ballet feast. Serving up everything from a tidbit of Swan Lake to an exciting new work from ballet's newest it-boy Christopher Wheeldon to former ABT stars, Corella's brand new company shows that it has the mettle to not only bring more ballet to Spain, but to teach us Americans a thing or two as well.
Corella's own choreography, String Sextet, starts us off on a neo-classical journey through tight shifts in space... Read More
Jen Rosenblit and Katy Pyle's split bill this week at St. Marks church is one of the most intelligently irreverent new dance shows I've seen this year. Rarely does work from emerging artists appear this well developed, this well rehearsed, and this conceptually clear.
Rosenblit opens the program with her newest duet, When Them, for herself and long time collaborator Addys Gonzalez. They are in the space as we arrive, Gonzalez in navy shorts and a tealish green cotton t-sh... Read More
In a new program at Symphony Space David Parker and Gina Gibney present an interwoven evening of works that show just how different and yet subtly reminiscent two very distinct contemporary works can be. For the new series entitled "Short Form Weave," Parker and Gibney are invited to make works to the music of composer, Ryan Lott that would, in presentation, vibe off the other's kinesthetic energy. The resulting dances are presented in delightful tandem, first a section of Parker... Read More
José Limón Dance Company performs radiantly with timeless perfection! Showcasing in New York City at Baryshnikov Arts Center, There is a Time, by Limón, and Rooms, by Limón's close colleague Anna Sokolow, these two legends offer disparate and compelling visions of the same generation in American dance history, both of which to dancers' delight still have the power to speak to us today.
The program opens with Rooms, Solokow's intensely American "masterwork" examin... Read More
