DanceBrazil continues to blur the boundary between capoeira and modern dance with their latest season at The Joyce Theater
Formed by choreographer Jelon Vieira in 1977, DanceBrazil incorporates elements of Afro-Brazilian culture, especially the martial art of Capoeira, into their modern dance works. On Wednesday evening, the company presented two pieces at the Joyce Theater: Banguela and Memórias.
Banguela is a well-crafted celebration of Brazil’s unique capoeira culture, e... Read More
Step number one, in considering Lar Lubovich’s program at the Joyce Thursday night, is opening this in your browser while you read this review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I6xkVRWzCY.
This show is a delightful group of dances presented by the talented Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. It starts off with “Nature Boy: Kurt Elling” featuring solos by Christopher Vo and three duets. As the curtain rises, the core company is moving fluidly in a circular... Read More
Come to Fresh Tracks presented by Dance Theater Workshop and expect to be surprised. Fresh Tracks 2010 offers some shocking works from new choreographers seeking to get their names out there.
First on the program is up and down by Makiko Tamura who also dances in the piece alongside Ryoji Sasamoto. The dance is inspired by a long distance relationship of two people with the world in between. One is on top, experiencing day, when the opposite is on bo... Read More
Richard Alston's newest season at the Joyce is a surprising medley of three works, blending disparate styles into one evening of stirring dance.
Alston, a British choreographer, begins the program with Shuffle it Right from 2008- a very American dance for an American audience. Featuring the early jazz music of Hoagy Carmichael, Alston's dancers glide and jive through accentuated low turns with bent wrists, floating along then breaking down with little hops- much like a child who can'... Read More
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