By Robert Greskovic By mid-April, with the COVID pandemic seemingly in the rear-view mirror and the Passover and Easter holidays over, New York City’s dance calendar felt like a burgeoning rite of spring. In one week, New York City Ballet, the Martha Graham Dance Company, and Dance Theatre of Harlem competed nightly for audiences. The
By Robin J. Miller The good news first: Victoria’s 10-day Dance Days Festival in mid-January included some 70 free dance classes that were full to overflowing; the three short Rough Cuts shows of works in progress were well attended; and the two mainstage shows came close to selling out. The not-so-good, or maybe just confusing,
By Jenn Edwards This year, with COVID wiping out stage performances all over the world, dance on screen has become especially relevant. The medium expands the possibilities of where and how dance can happen. It inflates, and complicates, notions of choreography, as location, cinematography and editing are as crucial to the choreographic process as the