Momix’s Opus Cactus: A Well-Crafted Spectacle Revisited
After its premiere in 2001, Moses Pendelton’s Opus Cactus is enjoying a welcomed revival at The Joyce Theater. For a company who has been criticized for the overzealous use of tricks, Momix’s...
View ArticleAlarmél Valli Celebrates Ragamala Dance Company’s 25th Anniversary
Ragamala Dance Company marked its 25th Anniversary at the Cowles Center in Minneapolis on September 14th and 16th. I attended the Saturday night concert featuring Bharatanatyam dancer and...
View ArticleBanataba: The Interrogation of a MET Collection
On the second weekend of September in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s transplanted sixteenth century Spanish Velez Blanco Patio, Faustin Linyekula revealed his very personal journey through the MET’s...
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Forward To Nature: Jefta Van Dinther’s Call For a R(e)-evolution
Is it a matter of privileged ability or habitual tendency, that concert dance tends to lend itself to provisions of aspiration? Perhaps it’s SYTYCD culture and the new norm of “more is more”, but I...
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BalletNext at NYLA: Lacking a Critical Eye
Michele Wiles and Company in The Pianist. Photo by Eduardo Patino Michele Wiles has returned to the stage and to the artistic direction of BalletNext, following the birth of her first child in 2017. I...
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