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The Dancer is Present with Monica Bill Barnes
Screenshot from the website of Monica Bill Barnes and Company The Dancer is Present with Monica Bill Barnes By Garth Grimball Modern dance is being very considerate. Before March 2020, experimentation meant confronting expectations for many dance makers. The role of the spectator, “acceptable” lengths of time, and the very definition of dancing were all…
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GUSHing Stories, Joe Goode Performance Group’s Virtual Platform Experience
GUSHing Stories, Joe Goode Performance Group’s Virtual Platform Experience By Garth Grimball Imagine a platform. What do you do on it? What is your body doing? Does it feel spacious? Or is it contained? Imagine a virtual platform. What do you do on it? What is your body doing? Does it feel spacious? Or…
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Redefining Solo
Redefining Solo By Sima Belmar What: From One to Many: Six Solos Shared An online performance premiere and artist Q&A featuring six commissioned choreographers presenting brand new solos made in their homes for this time of physical distancing to the music of composer Michael Wall. Who: Works by Melecio Estrella, Molly Heller, Molly Rose-Williams,…
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Creating a New Model and Landscape for Dance Criticism and Dance Reflection: Honoring Artists’ Voices and Offering Multiple Viewpoints
From Blog Director Jill Randall: Right now I am knee deep into this topic. A few years back, due to a twindling dance writing community in the San Francisco Bay Area, I started getting into dance previews, reviews, and audience feedback platforms on this site. Today, I want to propose my latest vision for the…
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A Home for Improvisation at “Never Before Never Again”
The Leftovers. Pictured: Hannah Wendel, Mei Yamanaka, Sarah Chien, and Donnell Oakley. Photo credit: Yechiel Husarsky. A Home for Improvisation at "Never Before Never Again" By Sarah Chien "Never Before Never Again," or “NBNA,” is an annual 3-week festival in January at Triskelion Arts in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood. This year was guest curated by…
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Breaking Down with KWENTO
Catherine Liu. Photo by Andy Strong. Breaking Down with KWENTO By Garth Grimball KWENTO’s Break, a premiere directed and danced by Catherine Liu, artistic director, with an ensemble cast, opened at PianoFight on Jan 31. Break is dance theater. A medium of synthesis that few can get to show and not tell, rather than show…
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Still Lingering: Reflections on “Action Potential,” Six Months Later
Shira Yaziv and Megan Lowe. Photo by Sebastian Arrua. Still Lingering: Reflections on “Action Potential,” Six Months Later By Molly Rose-Williams On August 27, 2019, I saw Megan Lowe Dances’ production of “Action Potential” at the Athletic Playground in Emeryville, CA. The site-specific work was directed by Megan Lowe, and created and performed in collaboration…
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Modern Dance in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2019, as Captured Through 21 Dance Performance Reviews
From Blog Director Jill Randall: Back in 2012 when I began Life as a Modern Dancer, I did not initially envision it being a site for dance reviews and dance criticism. But as the site grew and changed each year, the need arose for a new platform for dance criticism in the Bay Area. I…
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What’s To Come: An Evening Spent at Juilliard’s New Dances
This Great Wilderness by Jamar Roberts. © Todd Rosenberg Photography What’s To Come: An Evening Spent at Juilliard’s New Dances By Phoebe Ballard Part 1: The Show This is my favorite environment. The lobby is abuzz with excitement: parents visiting from out of town, friends from neighboring departments, members of the dance community affiliated…
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Reflections on “divisions the empire has sown” (pateldanceworks)
Reflections on "divisions the empire has sown" By Molly Rose-Williams Part I: One Reflection on “divisions the empire has sown” I get to the show early. Or at least I think I have. When I walk into the Finnish Hall basement I’m met with an aromatic wash of freshly-brewed chai tea and fried…
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