The newest dance extravaganza from Austin McCormick's Company XIV offers gaudy, jaw-droppi entertainment while showcasing a deepening maturity.
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Dance-Theater Review (NYC): ‘Queen of Hearts’ from Company XIV
Company XIV's spangly, turbocharged dance aesthetic, as energetic and psychedelic as ever, is all the more immersive in the company's own Brooklyn nightclub-theater.
Read More »Concert-Dance-Drama Review (NYC): ‘Lucretia’ by Cantata Profana
Cantata Profana explores via collage the story of a rape that, according to legend, triggered the fall of the monarchy in ancient Rome.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Chorus Line’ at the Gallery Players
The Gallery Players' sterling new production reminds us that 'A Chorus Line' is not only loaded with some of the greatest show music ever, but one of the best pieces of meta-theater ever devised.
Read More »Dance-Theater Review: ‘Pula!’ Brings Botswana to Broadway
This dramatic and celebratory dance extravaganza floods the stage with rhythm and song, storytelling, and a phalanx of aggressively talented dancers.
Read More »New Enthusiasm for Eurythmy: Gabrielle Armenier Moves to Illuminate the Human Experience and Creative Process
Eurythmy produces a performing experience unlike many others; it lures you in to new shores, perhaps a bit like the song of the sirens once captured Odysseus.
Read More »Music Review: Kenji Bunch – ‘The Snow Queen’ Ballet Score from Orchestra Next
This suite is full of heart and likely to move yours, and while it might make you wish you could see the ballet, it won't leave you frozen.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Man of Good Hope’
In one of the show's most emblematic moments, Asad's friends recoil when he sticks to his principles and accepts a cup of tea from a woman of what they see as an inferior clan. This operatic true tale from South Africa of a Somali refugee's harrowing journey of survival resonates ringingly in today's Europe and America.
Read More »Dance/Theater Review: ‘The Mar Vista’ by Yehuda Hyman and Mystical Feet Company
This sweet story slides from religious tradition into the traditions that arise in an individual family – the legends, the habits, the clashes, and the spoken and too-often unspoken feelings.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): Isabelle Huppert in ‘Phaedra(s)’ at BAM
In this composite interpretation of the Greek myth of the incestuous queen, Isabelle Huppert's marvelous performance is really three marvelous performances in one.
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