VIEWPOINTS – Circa’s HUMANS & SITI’s THE BACCHAE: Joseph V. Melillo’s final Next Wave Festival gets off to a rousing start at BAM

It was with bittersweet sentiment that I embarked on immersing myself in this fall’s Next Wave Festival, which commenced performances last week at BAM’s various venues in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Company XIV’s sexy, streamlined FERDINAND: BOYLESQUE BULLFIGHT gives the audience exactly what they want

Yesterday evening, I attended the late night performance of Company XIV’s Ferdinand: Boylesque Bullfight at their wonderfully immersive new home in Bushwhick, the fittingly named Théâtre XIV. Ferdinand previously played the venue earlier this … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s THE SIX BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS audaciously attempts to trump Bach

Last night, I caught a performance of iconic contemporary dance choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s The Six Brandenburg Concertos at the Park Avenue Armory. Ever since my first exposure to Ms. De Keersmaeker’s … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Raja Feather Kelly’s UGLY, an observant examination of black queer identity vis-à-vis popular culture

Last night, I caught the Bushwick Starr’s first production of its 2018-2019 season, Raja Feather Kelly’s Ugly. In the past, the Brooklyn-based theater company – which is now entering its 10th … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mark Morris Dance Group soulfully closes out Mostly Mozart 2018 with a trio of dances

Last week, this year’s edition of Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival came to a close with a short run – I attended Sunday afternoon’s final performance – of a bill … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Batsheva Dance Company’s Young Ensemble performs a fierce NAHARIN’S VIRUS, an anti-dance theater piece allegedly about nothing

Recently at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, I attended a performance of Ohad Naharin’s Naharin’s Virus danced by the Young Ensemble of the Batsheva Dance Company. Mr. Naharin is one … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Leonard Bernstein’s MASS is an audacious hybrid that’s messy, grandiose, and beguiling

Last night, I caught Leonard Bernstein’s audacious, rarely performed MASS – one of the headline offerings, and a mammoth undertaking, at this year’s Mostly Mozart Festival – at David Geffen … Continue Reading →

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 →