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States of Hope Boykin – Seven Characters; One Singular Sensation
HopeBoykinDance The Joyce Theater New York, New York October 17, 2023 States of Hope Jerry Hochman Sometimes writing a review is easy. This is one of those times. States of Hope, a dance/theater...
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Ballet West: It’s True. It’s True
Ballet West Capitol Theatre Salt Lake City, UT November 3 and 4, 2023 Firebird, Fever Dream (world premiere), Stars and Stripes Dean Speer I’d long heard that Willam Christensen (aka, “Mr. C”) had been...
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Paul Taylor Dance Company: Echoes of What Was, Is, and Will Be
Paul Taylor Dance Company David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York November 1, 2023: Dreamachine (world premiere), Eventide, Esplanade November 9, 2023: Echo (world premiere), Vespers,...
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A Very Wet Concrete Jungle: Akram Khan’s “Jungle Book reimagined”
Akram Khan Company The Rose Theater at Lincoln Center New York, New York November 16, 2023 Jungle Book reimagined Jerry Hochman What do you get when you take Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, jingle...
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Preview: Ballet Stars in Miami New Year’s Weekend
Preview: “Holiday Season with Ballet Stars” December 29 and 30, 2023 Adrienne Arsht Arts Center for the Performing Arts Miami, FL Jerry Hochman What could be better than spending the last weekend of...
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Complexions: First Impressions and Second Bites
Complexions Contemporary Ballet The Joyce Theater New York, New York November 15 and 21, 2023 Ballad Unto… (excerpt), Love Fear Loss (excerpt), Elegy, The Dreamer, Regardless (world premiere), For...
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Etched Glass: An Event at the Joyce
Dancing With Glass The Joyce Theater New York, New York November 28, 2023 “Dancing With Glass: The Piano Etudes” Jerry Hochman If you care about either music or dance, or just want to experience a...
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Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater: The Polar Express at the Jersey Shore
Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater Axelrod Performing Arts Center Deal Park, New Jersey December 2, 2023 evening The Polar Express Jerry Hochman Everyone needs to see The Nutcracker at least once. Or...
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SF/Bay Area Round-up Holiday Edition 2023
Heather Desaulniers Berkeley Ballet Theater and Post:Ballet present Nutcracker Scottish Rite Center, Oakland Smuin Contemporary Ballet – The Christmas Ballet Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San...
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MOMIX: Once is Never Enough
MOMIX The Joyce Theater New York, New York December 20, 2023 VIVA MOMIX Program – Floating(premiere); selections from: Botanica (Solar Flares, Sandpiper, Marigolds, A Nest of Hornets, Man Fan, Aqua...
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PREVIEW: YAGP Gala in Tampa on January 6.
Preview: “YAGP Stars of Today Meet Stars of Tomorrow Gala” January 6, 2024 Straz Center for the Performing Arts Tampa, FL Jerry Hochman For those readers who made it to Miami to see the “Holiday Season...
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Mark Morris at Princeton: A Mixed Bag
Mark Morris Dance Group McCarter Theater Princeton, NJ January 27, 2024 A Wooden Tree, Excursions, Candleflowerdance, Castor and Pollux Jerry Hochman Mark Morris Dance Group returned to Princeton’s...
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Axelrod’s “The Jungle Book”: a Multi-Faceted, Multi-Cultural Celebration
Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater Axelrod Performing Arts Center Deal Park, New Jersey February 3, 2024 evening The Jungle Book Jerry Hochman You’ve got to give Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater...
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Philadanco at the Joyce: Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth
Philadanco The Joyce Theater New York, New York February 6, 2024 evening From Dystopia to Our Declaration, Mating Season, Balance of Power, Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth Jerry Hochman Philadanco,...
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Twyla Tharp Dance: BI BA BO and Ballet
Twyla Tharp Dance The Joyce Theater New York, New York February 20, 2024 Oceans Motion, Brel (world premiere), The Ballet Master (world premiere) Jerry Hochman Twyla Tharp Dance returned to the Joyce...
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Alonzo King LINES Ballet: The Search for Spiritual Serenity
Alonzo King LINES Ballet The Rose Theater at Lincoln Center New York, New York February 22, 2024 Deep River Jerry Hochman It’s difficult to draw any conclusions about Deep River, Alonzo King LINES...
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Valerie Green/Dance Entropy: “Rite”– A Ritual Open For All
[Please join me in welcoming Kristen Hedberg to CriticalDance. – JH] Valerie Green/ Dance Entropy The Center at West Park New York, New York February 29, 2024 Rite (world premiere) Kristen Hedberg...
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Pontus Lidberg’s Rabbits: Bite Me
Pontus Lidberg The Joyce Theater New York, New York March 6, 2024 On the Nature of Rabbits Jerry Hochman There’s a very old fable, with roots and character variations that go back over five hundred...
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YAGP Returns to NYC: 25th Anniversary Programs
YAGP Preview: Two Galas and a Final Final Jerry Hochman As you may already be aware, Youth America Grand Prix (“YAGP”) will be returning to Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater this year to further...
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Ariel Rivka Dance: Unorthodox Uncoupling
Ariel Rivka Dance New York Live Arts New York, New York March 7, 2024 Unorthodox, If I Forget You, She, (Un)Coupled (world premiere), Variations on a Box Jerry Hochman Everybody experiences a journey...
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