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 →

VIEWPOINTS – City Ballet concludes a ravishingly varied retrospective for Jerome Robbins’ centennial

This May at the David H. Koch Theater, New York City Ballet pulled out all the stops to celebrate Jerome Robbins’ centennial. All-in-all, the revered ballet company performed six different … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Ballet Theatre substantially updates a pair of Stravinsky-scored story ballets: FIREBIRD and THE RITE OF SPRING (i.e., AFTERITE)

One of the programs I was most looking forward to in American Ballet Theatre’s spring season is being danced this week – the pairing of Alexei Ratmansky’s version of Firebird with Wayne … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – GISELLE opens ABT’s enticing spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House

This week, Giselle opened American Ballet Theatre’s spring season, which generously runs through July 7, at the Metropolitan Opera House. The spring season has traditionally focused on full length classical … Continue Reading →