The winter season at BAM has begun, and I’d like to propose a toast to The Glory of the World. I had seen Big Love at BAM in 2001 (by the same writer/director team) so I was excited to see what they had dreamed up this time. It was a raucous party, that’s what it was. It…
Tag: choreography
Hagoromo
What a week of BAM-tastic choral music, live music and dance! It is a privilege to attend such amazing Next Wave Festival performances. For as many shows as I attend, I miss so much (but until we have clones — heaven forbid — I will never be able to experience as many cultural events as…
Leesaar the Company, Ohad Naharin & Guest Dancers from Batsheva Dance Company
Someone once told me that you can judge a good music festival not only by the bands you were able to hear, but also by all the other ones you wish you could have been able to hear but you simply couldn’t be two places at the same time. As Celebrate Brooklyn winds down for…
L.A. Dance Project
I first saw L.A. Dance Project at Montclair State University’s ambitious Peak Performances series. What drew me to them at that time was the music by composers I admire, plus the restaging of Merce Cunningham’s dance, Winterbranch. I was delighted by the dancers’ skill and the varied choreography of that evening. When I saw that they were…
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