THE HANGOVER REPORT – Charged evenings of dance: New York’s iconic companies share the stage at the BAAND Together Dance Festival

Last week at Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center, five of New York’s most iconic dance institutions – Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Andrea Miller’s YOU ARE HERE is an artful and profound collection of performative portraits of New Yorkers during the pandemic

Last night, I attended a performance of Andrea Miller’s You Are Here, which is currently in the midst of a weeklong run at Lincoln Center. Commissioned as part of the … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The gritty but poetic ENDURE voyeuristically immerses audiences into the mind of a marathon runner

This past weekend, I participated in Endure, a self-professed “run woman show” that’s currently taking its audiences on an on-foot odyssey through Central Park. Created and written by Melanie Jones, … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The seductive Maria Caruso dances double duty in METAMORPHOSIS & REARVIEW MIRROR

This summer, dancer Maria Caruso has come to New York to help usher in the return of in-performances in, not one, but two new productions Off-Broadway. That’s right, you’ll be … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Celebrating Juneteenth at The Shed with Troy Anthony’s revival service and DonChristian Jones’s sleek performance installation

This weekend, I celebrated Juneteenth by attending a pair of performances at Hudson Yards via The Shed’s ongoing Open Call series. Here are my thoughts. First up was DonChristian Jones’s … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – The Shed’s OPEN CALL artfully continues with Nazareth Hassan, Rachika Nayar, and AnAkA

In recent days, I continued my immersion in Open Call, The Shed’s thoughtfully curated series which has been providing up-and-coming artists – particularly those with new and/or marginalized perspectives – … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Immersive works of theater that uniquely speak to the soul: I COULDN’T TELL YOU WHY & PERSOU

During their brief runs, I had the opportunity to experience a pair of immersive works of theater. With New York’s flagship immersive theater productions currently shuttered (Sleep No More remains … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Exciting new dance works, unveiled via OPEN CALL and WORKS & PROCESS at The Shed and the Guggenheim, respectively

This past week, I attended a quartet of exciting new dance pieces, each of which was commissioned by the new works programming of The Shed and the Guggenheim (these two … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Potent weekend excursions: Alice Ripley freewheels at GR42 and Bill T. Jones’s AFTERWARDSNESS chronicles the pandemic and BLM through dance

This weekend, I got to two in-person performances – one an intimate cabaret, the other a large-scale dance piece – both of which I found to be downright beguiling. As … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Dancing in bold new settings: NYCB’s Digital Spring Gala & Omari Wiles’ NEW YORK IS BURNING

As restrictive as the pandemic has been for much of the performing arts, it has also necessitated that artists consider fascinating new possibilities. For example, during the past year, choreographers … Continue Reading →