By Jeannette Anderson Instead of opening its season with the planned mixed bill Celebrate!, Dutch National Ballet made a timely change in programming with the more somber triple bill, Shadows, featuring Kurt Jooss’ iconic 1932 anti-war ballet, The Green Table. Company director Ted Brandsen explained in a program note that they did so because Jooss’
By Silvia Poletti Bolzano Danza and Venice Biennale Danza — the two most important events of the Italian summer, with overlapping dates that make attending both a challenge — were branded this year around similar thought-provoking themes. Under Wayne McGregor’s direction for the second year, the title of this year’s Venice program was Boundary-less, while Bolzano
By Sanjoy Roy The London International Mime Festival is of tangential yet special interest for dancegoers. Now in its fourth decade, it encompasses a vast range of hybrid performance styles with one common factor: the body is the primary medium. Gandini Juggling Project graced the festival in 2017 with Smashed, a riotous tribute to Pina