THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mikhail Baryshnikov fails to register as Nijinsky in Robert Wilson’s LETTER TO A MAN

What a shame. There was so much promise in the concept of having Mikhail Baryshnikov – one of the great movers of our time – play the legendary dancer Vaslav … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Company XIV’s PARIS! is one of its most riotously entertaining outings yet

I think of Company XIV shows in the same way I do of those Cirque du Soleil extravaganzas. Once you’ve seen one of them, viewings of subsequent shows start to … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s VORTEX TEMPORUM manifests the relationship between dancers and musicians at BAM

This past weekend, I returned to the Brooklyn Academy of Music to catch Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Vortex Temporum, a dance set to spectral composer Gérard Grisey’s shimmering, tension-filled score … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – BAM’s Next Wave Festival admirably focuses on both emerging and established artists with Yoann Bourgeois’s MINUIT and Shen Wei’s NEITHER

The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s expansive Next Wave Festival marches on, and what’s becoming evident is the festival’s dedication to giving exposure to both emerging (the use of the relatively … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – Distilling classic texts: BATTLEFIELD and SONGS OF LEAR at BAM

BAM’s Next Wave Festival continues with two shows that showcase theater’s ability to distill narratives, particularly classic texts depicting troubled kings, to a few elegant strokes. With running times of … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Holy Body Tatto’s MONUMENTAL assaults the senses (and society) at BAM

Last night at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (as part of the Next Wave Festival), I attended a performance of monumental, courtesy of Canadian dance company The Holy Body … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – Mark Morris’s MOZART DANCES stirs the soul

One of the handful of my “aha!” moments in dance was when I first encountered Mark Morris’s dance set to Handel’s L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato. The humanity and … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – KANZE NOH THEATRE quietly mesmerizes, courtesy of this year’s Lincoln Center Festival

This past week, I had the great pleasure and privilege of immersing myself in Noh, a centuries-old form of Japanese music and dance theater – complete with elaborate masks and … Continue Reading →

VIEWPOINTS – This summer, two oversized spectacles double as Broadway-style musicals

This summer – just in time for tourist season – New Yorkers are being treated to two huge spectacles, Radio City Music Hall’s New York Spectacular (the legendary venue’s summertime … Continue Reading →

THE HANGOVER REPORT – NoFit State’s BIANCO presents circus as house party

Hailing from Cardiff, Wales, NoFit State is one of the leading circus troupes in the UK (although its members also come from Spain, France, and beyond) and is known for … Continue Reading →