domingo, 22 de mayo de 2011

Dance Review


DANCE REVIEW

Where an Audience Becomes the Star

'Nameless forest' Eric Conroe (in the front), other performers (in striped shirts) and members of the audience at the Kitchen.
Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times
'Nameless forest' Eric Conroe (in the front), other performers (in striped shirts) and members of the audience at the Kitchen.
“Nameless forest,” choreographed by Dean Moss, uses audience members who sit onstage and join in the performance at the Kitchen.
DANCE REVIEW

From the Classical World of Apollos and Fauns to a Romantic Passion

New York City Ballet performed Balanchine’s “Apollo” and “Sonnambula” and Robbins’s “Afternoon of a Faun” and “Antique Epigraphs” on Wednesday.
DANCE REVIEW

Three Twists on Classical Style, in Movement and in Character

New York City Ballet performed Balanchine’s “Divertimento No. 15,” Robbins’s “Opus 19: The Dreamer” and Martins’s “Fearful Symmetries” on Tuesday.
DANCE REVIEW
Paloma Herrera in “Don Quixote” at the Metropolitan Opera House on Tuesday evening.

With the Matadors, Capes, Gypsies and Dancing, Who Needs a Plot?

American Ballet Theater’s “Don Quixote” at the Metropolitan Opera on Tuesday was appropriately light-hearted.
ENTRY LEVEL
Nneka Onuorah, working with Malik Buie, a photographer, is a music specials coordinator at Black Entertainment Television.

Dancer at Heart, and Executive in the Making

Nneka Onuorah, 23, started out dancing and became the music specials coordinator at BET. Now, she has dreams of being the C.E.O. of her own network.
DANCE REVIEW
American Ballet Theater Marcelo Gomes and Diana Vishneva in an excerpt from “Manon,” at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Couples’ Affair, Business Edition

American Ballet Theater presented a paint-by-numbers opening night gala, mostly a collection of pas de deux variations on male-female love, at the Metropolitan Opera House on Monday.
DANCE REVIEW
Jenny Nocedo and Yosmell Calderón in Eduardo Rivero’s “Sulkary,” at the Joyce Theater.

Parade of Bodies and Tame Exoticism

Danza Contemporánea de Cuba presented its second program at the Joyce Theater on Friday, including “Demo-N/Crazy,” a new work by the Spanish choreographer Rafael Bonachela.
DANCE REVIEW
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company From left, Jung Hm Jo, Julie Anna Hansen, Ekaterina Chernikhova, Francisco Silvino and Ying Xin.

Resistance and Desire, With a Little Mud Wrestling

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company performed “Dragons on the Wall (Tianji)” at Dance Theater Workshop over the weekend.
DANCE REVIEW
New York Theater Ballet Steven Melendez and other members of the troupe performed the world premiere of Richard Alston's “Rugged Flourish” at Florence Gould Hall on Friday.

An Accomplished Premiere, Served Along With Other Flourishes

New York Theater Ballet presented a diverse program of a premiere by Richard Alston and modern classics by Ashton, Cunningham and Tudor.

Classic Tales of Temptation in the Woods

At Lincoln Center this spring, balletgoers will get a crash course in 19th-century ballet, with its overriding themes of adultery and redemption.
Sarah Jessica Parker and the Brooklyn Museum's director, Arnold Lehman, at the April 27 gala.

Romancing the Stars

New York’s arts organizations have long sought celebrities as as gala guests. Some have now gone a step further, asking them to sit on their boards.
Multimedia
‘Nameless forest’
Photos of the new piece by the choreographer Dean Moss.
New Season Opens for American Ballet Theater
American Ballet Theater opened its new season with gala on Monday night at the Metropolitan Opera House that featured 12 short performances.
‘Dragons on the Wall’
Photos from the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company’s performance.
New York Theater Ballet
Photos from the company’s performance at Florence Gould Hall.
New in 2011
Sara Mearns of New York City Ballet has become the great American ballerina of the era, Alastair Macaulay asserts.
Many Avenues for the Toes
Times critics and reporters anticipate the new year’s offerings in dance.
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