Reviews

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All I Want For Christmas is One-Man Nutcracker

Mira Treatman

The intrepid playwright/performer delivers on his promise of a One-Man Nutcracker.

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Kulu Mele’s 50-year Spirit of Reciprocation

Janna Meiring

The 50-year celebration for Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble commences.

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An Inquiry of Oz

Kat J. Sullivan

Quintessence Theatre’s imagining ends without closure

Portrait of Alvin Ailey with Judith Jamison, Linda Kent, and Dudley Williams in dance studio, 1973. Photography by Jack Mitchell, © Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution, All rights reserved.
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Parsing the Significance of a New Archive

Emma Cohen

A collection of Alvin Ailey photographs is made available to the public for the first time.

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Mayhem and Laughter at People’s Light

Kristen Shahverdian

A Christmas Panto created a community for an afternoon and a chance to celebrate each other.

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Sculptural Lines Straight Out of Chi Town

Kat J. Sullivan

Amid syncopated contemporary dance, Haun’s Chicago-based company offers a welcome respite of non-narrative, sculptural lines.

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Locating Black Liberation Through Time and Space

L. Graciella Maiolatesi

These artists investigate how Black individuals center justice in their work, and by doing so, commit to locating and living

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Dixon Gottschild’s Aunt Jemima, Out of Place

Barbora Příhodová

Performative lecture calls for black liberation.

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Miss Hill: Creating the Dancers of the 21st Century

Kristen Shahverdian

Miss Martha Hill, a little-known powerhouse behind the scenes of modern dance, makes dance matter in Greg Vander Veer’s film.

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Dance, Reanimated on the Page

Emma Cohen

Annie-B Parson’s recent book weaves the detritus of past performances into a newly generative artifact.