Archive for February, 2008
Ripe Spaces: Interview with Yanira Castro
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Dance-tech.net interviewed choreographer Yanira Castro in occasion of the world premiere of the piece”Center of Sleep” @ Dance Theater Workshop.
Castro takes us across primal and awkward intervened geographies and architectures. She makes intimate ripe environments where the dance happens… read more
How do you arabesque?
Dakota Jackson is asking that very question and would like to photograph your version of the arabesque this Sunday from 6 - 10pm here at Dance Theater Workshop.
To get involved contact Shannon McNicholas at shannonm@dakotajackson.com by Wednesday, Feb 20th! Only 25 dancers will be selected.
Participants will be compensated and will receive the digital [...]
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Make a contribution on Valentine’s Day, in honor of a loved one, and your donation will be triple-matched by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Board Member Virginia Millhiser, and an anonymous donor of Dance Theater Workshop! For this [...]
Where Choreography Becomes a Mere Point of Embarkation
By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
The New York Times
February 13, 2008
In November the Performa 07 biennial showed previously unseen film of “Group I” and “Group II,” two important Deborah Hay works from 1968, a time when she was using untrained dancers to enact strict, minimalist patterns. This week Dance Theater Workshop presented “Solo Adaptations,” four interpretations of [...]
Julie Troost - Kane School Pilates Intensive - Day 6
After finishing the 6th day of teacher training, I’m feeling pretty confident about learning the skills to be a great instructor. The Intensive training option is physically strenuous, as we’re each running through the full classic Pilates workout sequences for each of the levels on each piece of equipment over the course of the [...]
Meg Stuart / Philipp Gehmacher
“[Maybe Forever's] luxurious stillness, its overall hush and lack of hurry helped viewers to be attentive to small things, like the fine gold chain that suddenly snapped from Stuart’s neck, an eerily timely accident.”
– From Eva Yaa Asantewaa’s review of Maybe Forever on Dance Magazine online. Read the full review.
Rugged Terrain
Read what Lisa Rinehart of Dance View Times has to say about Diana Szeinblum’s Alaska here.
