THE HANGOVER REPORT – Lucida Childs’ hypnotic AVAILABLE LIGHT celebrates bodies in motion, devoid of human volatility

Lucinda Childs is one of the pioneers of American modern dance. Her ascent to prominence largely mirrors the rise of the minimalist movement in classical music. Indeed, it’s hard to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ratmansky’s WHIPPED CREAM is just that, to giddy perfection

Last night at the Metropolitan Opera House, I attended the opening night of this week’s run of Whipped Cream, Alexei Ratmansky’s absolutely delectable confection for American Ballet Theatre. The year-old production is as … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Ballet Theatre’s SWAN LAKE & DON QUIXOTE: What’s the relevance of classical story ballets?

I recently had the opportunity to catch American Ballet Theatre’s warhorse productions of Swan Lake and Don Quixote at the Metropolitan Opera House. I had seen these stagings more times than I can count, so … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Nick Cave’s immersive THE LET GO asks us to jubilantly dance off our chains

Despite the continued sell-out success of Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More and Third Rail Project’s Then She Fell, there’s been a relative dearth of notable immersive performances in New York of late. It’s with this in … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The enticing Kander/Thompson/Stroman hybrid THE BEAST IN THE JUNGLE registers as traditional musical theater

This afternoon, I caught a matinee performance of The Beast in the Jungle at Off-Broadway’s Vineyard Theatre. The new, much anticipated self-proclaimed “dance play” is an enticing collaboration between some living legends of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Stella Abrera debuts a gorgeous Juliet in American Ballet Theatre’s ROMEO AND JULIET

Last night at the Metropolitan Opera House, I had the privilege of catching Stella Abrera’s New York debut in the role of Juliet in American Ballet Theatre’s production of Romeo and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – ERC’s TCHAIKOVSKY: NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART lets the tortured composer’s work do the talking, movingly

I recently took in a performance of Ensemble for the Romantic Century’s Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, the company’s final production of its 2017-2018 season, at the Pershing Square Signature … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – COPPÉLIA and HARLEQUINADE: A pair of comic story ballets play Lincoln Center, just in time to usher in the warmer months

Over the past few weeks, New York dance fans have been treated to a pair of high profile stagings of comic story ballets at Lincoln Center – just in time … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Rennie Harris’s energized FUNKEDIFIED is tremendous fun, nothing more, nothing less

This past weekend at The New Victory Theater, I was able to take in a performance of Funkedified, an adrenaline-fueled dance collage performed by Rennie Harris Puremovement and Hood Lockers … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – The 2018 edition of BAM’s DANCEAFRICA was a rousing celebration of community and heritage

This past holiday weekend, I attended the opening night performance of the 2018 edition of DanceAfrica at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This was my first exposure to the annual … Continue Reading →