The number of solo dance performances is growing, and it is not only because they are cheap to produce. Read the rest of this entry ?
Archive for February, 2007
Wanted: Inspired Choreographers
February 28, 2007Students and audiences of tomorrow deserve exposure to great dances, but they are not always getting them. Read the rest of this entry ?
Facing Mekka
February 28, 2007A new dance show by Rennie Harris serves as a valuable response to MTV’s commercialization of hip hop. Read the rest of this entry ?
Race and Dance
February 28, 2007Dance icon Bill T. Jones confounds expectations about race and the power of stereotypes in two new dance pieces. Read the rest of this entry ?
Drawing Audiences to Dance
February 28, 2007The challenge of building a new dance audience lies in presenting, and contextualizing, thought-provoking work Read the rest of this entry ?
Dancing with Ancestors
February 28, 2007Urban Bush Women go back to the past in the name of a more communal and compassionate future. Read the rest of this entry ?
Trust Art, Not Theory
February 28, 2007A retrospective chronicles the four-decade career of radical dance giant Yvonne Rainer. Read the rest of this entry ?
The Monster Bridge
February 28, 2007Tap superstar Savion Glover effortlessly bridges the jazz and rap generations. Read the rest of this entry ?
Danish Treat
February 28, 2007A festival dedicated to 19th century choreographer August Bournonville packed a wallop. Read the rest of this entry ?
Spin Crazy
February 28, 2007The critically acclaimed documentary “Rize” claims to be about a new form of hip hop dancing, called “krumping,” that transcends commercialism. Read the rest of this entry ?
