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Illusion and bedrock

Invisible Wings, plus Henri Oguike and Bridgman/Packer at Jacob’s Pillow
Oguike, I think, makes movement like a mime artist.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | August 27, 2007

Pillow talking

Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Mark Morris Dance Group
Last summer, Los Angeles Times dance critic Lewis Segal suggested that ballet is dying an ugly, boring death.

By: JANINE PARKER | August 15, 2007

The reign in Spain

Boston Ballet on tour
If only the company could return to the local appreciation its international achievement deserves.

By: CHRISTINE TEMIN | August 07, 2007

Dances with character

Headlong Dance Theater, Chunky Move, Paul Taylor
Dancers are working with character more frequently, after decades of choreography drenched in physical accomplishment.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | August 01, 2007

Stand-up choreography

David Parker + the Bang Group
David Parker was born too late for vaudeville.

By: DEBRA CASH | July 24, 2007

Neo-hoodoo and street kabuki

Fist and Heel at Concord’s Summer Stages and Kabuki in New York
Tradition: how to preserve it in a globalized modern culture.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | July 24, 2007

Knots

Misnomer at Concord Academy
Like its name, Misnomer Dance Theater seems devoted to contrariness.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | July 17, 2007

Postmodern cabaret

Susan Marshall and Doug Varone at Bard
The Spiegeltent at Bard College fits into two big trucks and can be raised in a couple of days by a crew of workers.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | July 10, 2007

Life is but a dream

Aurélia Thierrée and Coleman Lemieux at Jacob’s Pillow
Children from theatrical families are often said to have been born in a trunk.

By: DEBRA CASH | July 03, 2007

Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia look to find their footing
On hearing the opening notes of the Kronos Quartet composition and seeing the dancers lit in sunny yellow, I feared we were about to be subjected to one of those “up with people” ballets.

By: JANINE PARKER | May 07, 2009

Two tales retold

NYCB’s The Nightingale and the Rose, ABT’s Sleeping Beauty
The big ballet companies are shackled tighter than ever to the idea of the story ballet.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | June 12, 2007

Adventurous demos

Lorraine Chapman’s The Floating World , Snappy’s String Beings
With a variety of scrims, opaque panels, and lighting tricks, the seven dancers became the source for a dreamy succession of images by new-media artist Jonathan Bachrach.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | June 05, 2007