“A spirit unshakeable…unbreakable”: LaGuardia High School Graduation Dance Concert 2021
Not surprisingly, the pandemic never felt far away, but neither also was the energy and optimism of youth
DVDs, Films, Online Streamings, Books, Exhibitions
School of Ballet Theatre UK in Swan Lake
The School of BTUK not only go classical for their end-of-year streaming, but for Swan Lake, in full
Dutch National Ballet dance Beethoven
Hans van Manen’s Grosse Fuge proves convincingly that Beethoven’s music is perfectly suitable for dance
Dutch National Ballet in David Dawson’s perfect The Four Seasons
One of those blissful moments when dance, music and design chassé into alignment…a moment of sublime beauty
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Season Encore and School Celebration
It has been “a season unlike any other,” says Artistic Director Peter Boal as the company bids a fond farewell to departing dancers
San Francisco Ballet School Virtual Festival
Behind the scenes film, followed by senior students in three works, including two world premieres
The Asian-American choreographic voice: 2021 CrossCurrent Contemporary Dance Virtual Festival
The mix of screendance and film of stage performances certainly evidence the increasing Asian-American choreographic voice
Flatpack Collaboration at the Birmingham International Dance Festival
A look at six dance films including the subtly beautiful but strongly-messaged In Plain Sight by Tanin Torabi
A unique piece of theatre: Circus Days and Nights by Cirkus Cirkör and Malmö Opera
This unique commingling of poetry, opera by Philip Glass and and circus has created something quite magical
Rhainnon Faith Company: Drowntown
Set in a dystopian world, ostensibly on the edge of a marine lido. Godot-like we are apparently waiting for a lifeguard to arrive
A trip into the darkness of emotional loneliness and frustration: B.DANCE in Rage
Superbly danced and full of atmosphere. A beautiful, dark, work that journeys into the depths of the human soul