Here’s a preview of Israeli choreographer Nimrod Freed’s PeepDance, performed by Tami Dance Company with music by Philip Glass.  It will make its US debut on July 26th (tomorrow!), 7-10 PM on the field at Central Park SummerStage, along with Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company in Rami Be’er’s Kef Kafim.  Click here for more information about this [...]

This weekend at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, the Christopher Caines Dance Company presented Spirits, a full-length work consisting of several intimate dances. Although I originally thought that the title referred to ghosts (especially because the work is dedicated to the memory of a close friend and colleague of Artistic Director Christopher Caines), [...]

Cedar Lake dancers in Jo Stromgren’s Sunday, Again, photo by Carina Musk-Anderson After thoroughly enjoying the opening night program last Monday, I headed back to Chelsea last night to see another performance of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s spring season, with different dancers in the leading roles of Nicolo Fonte’s Lasting Imprint and Angelin Preljocaj’s Annonciation. [...]

Christopher Wheeldon’s Rococo Variations - photo by Paul Kolnik “Here and Now” was a fitting title for a program that featured four contemporary works - the oldest premiered in 1998 - by some of the most sought-after choreographers in ballet today. But I was swept far away from the here and the now, traveling to [...]

I returned to Chelsea on Friday night with several friends for a second viewing of Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet’s Glassy Essence. I enjoyed it as much as I did the first time, although there were many more people there, so it was a bit challenging to move freely around the space. After telling [...]

Many bloggers, including Philip, Matt, and Tonya, have already shared their thoughts on Cedar Lake’s “360-degree interactive piece”, and I encourage you to visit their blogs. But I decided to write a little more about the evening, as well. The majority of viewers tended to shift away from the dancers, perhaps fearing that they would [...]

Elena Demianenko and Jonathan Jaffe, Jimena Paz in back, in “Bloom” photo by Chris Woltmann On Sunday afternoon, I saw Stephen Petronio Company at The Joyce Theater thanks to Taylor (a Winger contributor and personal dance blogger), who was generous enough to offer me her extra press ticket. Thanks, Taylor! It was my first time [...]

On Sunday afternoon, I met my parents at City Center to see Paul Taylor Dance Company. After not making it to their 2007 season at this venue (at the time, my senior thesis was consuming my life), I was eager to attend a performance. This is a bit humorous considering that my first [...]