Image courtesy of Solar One The fourth annual Solar-Powered Dance Series, hosted by Solar One, kicks off today at 6 PM in Stuyvesant Cove Park. From today through July 26th, and July 31st through August 2nd, the Series will feature performances by thirteen emerging choreographers who work in a variety of dance styles. Solar electricity will [...]

Image from Gallery 100, photographs of Antique Epigraphs by Paul Kolnik While I was in Saratoga for NYCB’s Gala at SPAC, I stopped by Gallery 100 to see Jerome Robbins Continuum, a display of photographs by Paul Kolnik that show New York City Ballet in Robbins’ ballets. Kolnik has been photographing the company for over thirty [...]

Saturday’s Gala at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center had a relaxed, laid-back feel that matched the hot, humid evening, but the outdoor setting and sticky weather didn’t stop the crowds from dressing up for the occasion. Nor was the event lacking in star power: Rita Moreno, who played “Anita” in the film version of [...]

I’m off to the Adirondacks this weekend for some more hiking, biking, and kayaking. On Saturday night, I’ll be heading to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center to see New York City Ballet’s summer Gala performance, which is an all-Jerome Robbins program including Brahms/Handel (co-choreographed by Twyla Tharp), Opus 19/The Dreamer, and West Side Story [...]

Photo by Tom Caravaglia, from Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company’s website Last night I headed to Dance Theater Workshop in Chelsea to see Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company’s Legacy Project and excerpts from ECHOES, a work in progress that weaves together Yiddish songs, text, and dance. The project celebrated Ms. Dorfman’s Eastern European-Jewish roots and closely examined themes [...]

Starting on Wednesday, July 16th, the Joyce Theater and City Parks Foundation will present Dance Out!, five days of free outdoor dance performances in several parks throughout the five boroughs. I’m not familiar with any of the choreographers or performers, but according to the Joyce, the pieces were “created to resonate with the energy [...]

If you haven’t yet seen Pixar’s “WALL-E”, you should. I never thought that a little rusty robot could show so much emotion - desire, frustration, pride, loneliness, and most of all love - with so little dialogue. It is a truly poignant and beautiful film. With its implications about the future of human [...]

I’ve had Eurythmics on the brain ever since dancing to Here Comes the Rain Again on Tuesday night in Obamaerobics.  Although I haven’t watched any of this season’s dance competition So You Think You Can Dance, there was a fabulous piece last year to Eurythmics’ 1983 hit Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), performed by [...]

Last night I attended my second Obamaerobics class, an intense one-hour aerobic workout to support the Obama campaign. About 25 other people and I filled a studio at Soho Dance to support the cause. It definitely wasn’t the typical aerobics class of the 80s with bad music and even worse movement. Rather, [...]

Back in May, Allison gave me this beautiful Cedar Lake poster (of dancer Ana-Maria Lucaciu, photo by Paul B. Goode) as a birthday present. It’s now framed and finally hanging in my apartment. I love the photograph, and Ohad Naharin’s Decadance has been one of my favorites since seeing it last January. Oddly enough, in [...]