Author: Sophie Myrtil-McCourty
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2019 APAP Showcases by the Lotus Companies
RSVP to info@lotusartsmgmt.com A.I.M (Kyle Abraham) * Friday, January 4, 2019 7-8pm * Saturday, January 5, 2019 7-8pm The Ailey Studios (6C/6D), 405 W 55th Street (@ 9th Avenue), New York, NY 10019 A.I.M presents a mixed repertory selection of dances by Artistic Director Kyle Abraham, including SHOW PONY, a new solo work performed by A.I.M dancers;…
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Images of the Bereishit Workshop at NYU Abu Dhabi
Click on photo to view all images. Photo credit: Clive Primrose
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Artkentro preview: ‘When Martial Arts Meets Contemporary Dance’
‘Localities have disappeared today. The development of media has made glocalization of the world irrelevant to the regional and collective characteristics of culture. It is as if the artistic style of an area or group is under the influence of each other, such that pure artistic characteristics of an individual are difficult to designate as…
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Magpie Preview: ‘In the Beginning: What Bereishit Tells Us About Modern Dance’
Bereishit Dance Company is heading to the NYUAD Arts Center this week, performing ‘Judo’ and ‘Balance and Imbalance’ on November 28! ‘Bereishit combines a contemporary dance tradition that is very obviously Western with an ancient Korean musical heritage based on percussion. Here’s Soon-ho on why this is a natural fit: “Contemporary dance is a special genre in…
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Miami New Times preview: ‘Contra-Tiempo Director Ana Maria Alvarez: “Joy Is a Radical Act”‘
“Social dance is so connected to social change. People getting together as a community inside oppression, resistance, pain, and difficulty and still having the capacity to move together and feel joy has been a form of resistance. We get so bogged down in the ins and outs, but our bodies and the art form of…
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CONTRA-TIEMPO PREVIEW: ‘JOYUS JUSTUS’ A DANCE OF COMMUNITY AND CONNECTION’
Alvarez speaks on the process of the piece, which took almost two years to develop. With joyUS justUS,she looked into everything unique about each artist involved. Working with 8 dancers of diverse backgrounds, she was not looking for unity but for the thing that makes each artist different. Through the work, the dancers were really connected to…
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CONTRA-TIEMPO Daily 49er Review: ‘ A rainbow dance performance celebrates joy and self expression’
“It was fantastic, very expressive and thought-provoking and passionate,” said attendee Brandon Norwick, a hospitality professional. “It was everything. It was multicultural, as diverse as we are and moving in a lot of ways.” Read the full review here.
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LA DANCE CHRONICLE REVIEW: ‘CONTRA-TIEMPO DELIVERS A POWERFUL PERFORMANCE AND UNIFYING MESSAGE WITH “JOYUS JUSTUS”’
The Los Angeles based Contra-Tiempo: Urban Latin Dance Theater brought high-powered entertainment, reminders of darker moments in our nation’s history and political activism to the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach on Saturday, November 10, 2018. The dancing was superb, the music outstanding and the message was potent, timely and positive. Conceived and Directed by…