Go see Amy Marshall at Ailey Citigroup to witness the polarities one dance company can embody in 90 minutes of work. Brought to life with some of the most confident technique and fierce execution of ballet and modern choreography, Marshall's dancers bring their audience to roaring cheers numerous times.
Opening with 2005's English Suite, a sextet clad in nude Grecian dresses and shiny tights leaps about with grandiose, virtuosic movements. Like spritely nymphs in the fore... Read More
AVI SCHER & DANCERS
presents the World Premieres of
Two Pieces
Utopia Variations and Inner Voice
and Four New York Premieres
featuring Marcelo Gomes, Sara Mearns and Veronika Part
April 3-5, 2010
at The Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater
AVI SCHER & DANCERS presents its debut New York Season w... Read More
A refreshing variety of dances by emerging and experienced choreographers, Soaking WET brings downtown modern dance to the Upper West Side.
An ongoing series produced by David Parker and Jeffrey Kazin, Soaking WET presents shared-bill and single artist performances at the intimate West End Theater. The current installment of Soaking WET showcases the work of Christopher Caines, Kelli Edwards, Marta Miller, Ainslinn Macmaster, Tiffany Mills, Kristi Spessard, and Katherine Longst... Read More
Featuring a cast of all women, Eminent Domain opens Eryc Taylor Dance with jolts of feminine energy. With costumes designed courtesy of Hope Kroog, the dancers are clad- barely- in all black briefs and tube tops, extenuating each lady’s exhaustingly long and muscular physique. I hate to say that the matching Madonna-esque biker gloves cheapen the piece, but I do believe that there is a time and a place.
Eminent Domain features a score by Thom Wilems, “In the Middle and... Read More
I don’t know about you, but whenever I see the words “dance theater” at the end of a company’s name, I think to myself “please don’t let this be a combination of dance and bad acting.” Companies can get away with that in the classical ballet world, but modern dance... uh, no!
However, contrary to my personal beliefs, Kazuko Hirabayashi has a refreshing approach to modern dance theater. Her evening of both old and new works, Return to the Roots, at the Ai... Read More
