Mar 6, 2025
Review by Celia Ipiotis A founding mother of modern dance educators and artists, Martha Hill headed the legendary Bennington Summer Dance Program, and guided one of […]
Mar 2, 2025
Review by Celia Ipiotis For the final two weeks of their season, NYCB presented Peter Martins’ Swan Lake. Designed by Per Kirkeby it resembles the brooding medieval Danish castle that […]
Feb 22, 2025
Choreographer John Scott and composer Mel Mercier’s Begin Anywhere paid tribute to theiconic partnership of choreographer Merce Cunningham and composer John Cage. Ten years inthe making, […]
Feb 22, 2025
Anyone who attended Dances by Charles Weidman was fortunate to witness the revival ofWeidman’s historical choreography. The performance featured the Sokolow Theater/DanceEnsemble, multidisciplinary artist Nikolai McKenzie, […]
Feb 21, 2025
Joffrey Concert Group (JCG) presented IN MY ART over Valentine’s weekend, featured worksfrom the Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative (CMCI) program. Emerging choreographersoffered world premieres by CMCI […]
Feb 14, 2025
Review by Celia Ipiotis In honor of the legendary Native American ballerina Maria Tallchief, NYC Ballet prepared a handful of programs studded with ballets featuring her indomitable skills: Scotch Symphony, Sylvia […]
Feb 3, 2025
Review by Celia Ipoiti NYC in 1974 was a caldron of experimental forays into the arts. Dance iconoclasts defied expectations spilling out of downtown lofts into East […]