Reviews

Partial Glossary: Material Construction at the Kelly Writer’s House

Kirsten Kaschock

Five local dance artists hosted an "artist-process talk." This experimental response reflects the evening's thought-provoking spirit.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Ties That Bind at the Painted Bride

Carolyn Merritt

A nice sampling of the city’s young professionals, as well as food for thought on the ties that manifest in the lifeworld of an art scene, and the pleasures and challenges of shared concerts.

Photo: Courtesy of Marie Chouinard

Compagnie Marie Chouinard Swoops on the Annenberg

Megan Bridge

Chouinard’s work “reflects her deepest concerns as an artist...each new work must invent and explore a whole new universe.”

Photo: Eun Jung Choi

Cooking, Cake and Conversation at the LAB

Anna Drozdowski

The Live Arts Brewery (LAB) hosts an open showing each month to allow performing artists to receive immediate feedback.

Photo: Pete Checchia

Koresh Scores: Twenty Years and Counting

Kirsten Kaschock

Providing work for dancers is grounds enough for a standing ovation, but Koresh XX Years offered other reasons to applaud.

Photo: AP

My Drama with Dance Competitions

Kilian Kröll

Our correspondent reports why you'll see him in the front row at the Annenberg for Champions of Dance.

Photo by Alexander Iziliaev

What Makes Ballet Contemporary?

Annie Wilson

The opening night of BalletX's Fall Series 2011 provoked curiosity in me about what defines a ballet as contemporary.

Photo: Monica Lyons Jones

Many Feet, One Step: Kùlú Mèlé Leads a Journey

R. Eric Thomas

An evening of dance that dazzled, astounded and—above all—emphasized the enduring power of community.

Photo: Alex Escalante

Seen & Heard: The Remix

Beau Hancock

A picture of Seen & Heard that moves beyond the impressions generated by the four authors whose words are reconfigured here, to a thickly textured remembrance.

Photo: Jeff Busby

Pulling Strings: Chunky Move’s Connected

Lynn Matluck Brooks

A light-filled mobile, electronic music, patches of light, and five performers who dance, speak, act, and finish the mobile’s assemblage – all weave integrally into the work’s fabric.