Reviews

Photo: Stephen Delas Heras

BeginAgain: A Narrative Reinvented

Gregory King

An imaginative world of carnal movements and attention-grabbing video...creative collective intellect...a state of heightened curiosity and pure ecstasy.

Photo: Ellen Chenoweth

This Is Not a Gentle Piece

Ellen Chenoweth

In more than 300 performances, three vocalists from The Crossing whistled a piece composed by David Lang, while encircling a 4.5 billion year old rock.

Image: Andrew Jeffrey Wright

Dancing When Everybody’s Watching

Whitney Weinstein

This was a celebration of the human form in all its awkwardness.

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Passionate Precision

Lynn Matluck Brooks

With Cosas de Mujeres, Pasión y Arte Flamenco brings together a remarkable line-up of artists.

Photo: Michael Ermilio

Flying and Fleeting

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Up close, the audience can see the balances and supports afforded by the circus equipment and notice each finger, glance, and weight shift.

Photo: Megan Mazarick

Scratch That and Recreate an Arts Community

Whitney Weinstein

Scratch Night reflects a growing interest among artists of all genres in revealing art making process to audiences.

Photo: Bob Finkelstein

Gem n’ I: Domesticity As Performance

Gregory King

The cocoon of home will always provide a comfortable space for this kind of experimentation.

Photo: Kevin Monko

Sparks Fly From a Volatile Mix

Ellen Chenoweth

You’ve got the sacred and the profane, some spoken text, some songs, some painting, some dancing. You've got smart bodies and smart brains... aggression with vulnerability.

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

Amazing, Awesome BalletX

Carolyn Merritt

Language falls short of the wonder of their performance.

Photo: Duncan Cole

Running Rhythms

Whitney Weinstein

As their Fa’ataupati, or Samoan slap dance, progressed, I began to see the richness of Black Grace’s cultural identities emerge.