Archive for May, 2008
How do we market artistry without losing the art?
It’s that time of the year, when artists and marketers butt heads over adjectives, verbs, and commas in hopes of creating the magical brochure blurb that will seamlessly represent the artists’ vision AND entice new audiences to fill the theater. This is no small task. Lengthy negotiations between the artist and the marketer often lead [...]
A Puppet Who Dances Like a Real Boy
The New York Times
by GIA KOURLAS
Published: May, 30 2008
Nami Yamamoto’s new dance, “a howling flower,” is a work for six stellar performers and a puppet named Tony, an enchanting creature both for the way he looks and for the way he compels the others to act.
Join us at the Gala for only $25!
Need a reason to dress up? Want to see Bill T. Jones, Nora Chipaumire, and Adrienne Truscott on the same bill? Wish you had something to do next Monday night?
If any of your answers are yes join us at our annual Gala next Monday, from 7 on at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing [...]
O.K., People, Shake Those Hairy Swimsuits
The New York Times
By GIA KOURLAS
Published: May 26, 2008
Photo: G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times
At the start of “Champions of Dance: Make Millions!,” the choreographer Ashley Byler walks carefully into the studio space, hesitantly pushes back a curtain hiding a mirror and smooths an eyebrow.
Talking to the audience through her reflection, she gently [...]
A fond farewell to Brad Kisicki
Dance Theater Workshop bid farewell to Mr. Brad Kisicki, Technical Director for the past 5 years, at McManus Pub yesterday. Brad will be headed to RISD to study Architecture this fall. Stepping in is Mike Zimmerman who starts today! Everyone here at Dance Theater Workshop wishes Brad the best of luck, we will miss [...]
Not all dances inhabit an ivory tower
Deborah Jowitt reviews Rachid Ourmadane’s Far… in The Village Voice.
“In the process of querying identity, Ouramdane— darkly, vulnerably—probes the twisted roots of violence and inhumanity.” Read the full review.
Banner Sighting #7
Last week, At Large, from Eleanor Bauer/Good Move opened at The Chocolate Factory in Long Island City. Incidentally, the banner made its first trip out there, too.
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Co-Presented by The Chocolate Factory & Dance Theater Workshop, At Large ran May 14-17.
Writing on Dance with Claudia La Rocco
The Writing on Dance Class, taught by the freelance critic Claudia La Rocco, finished its six-week session recently. In one assignment, she asked students to experiment with the style and format of their reviews. This produced a range of unusual critical responses - and a few that we feel are downright inspired. Enjoy.
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GO: Eleanor Bauer’s “At Large”
Apollinaire Scherr writes about Bauer’s show on her Foot in Mouth blog.
“…how nice for a change, this rigorous excess rather than the usual dour minimalism or clubby encodedness…” Check the full post here.
Not Just a Dance, but a Book and a Web Site, Too
The New York Times
By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO
Published: May 16, 2008
It is endearing to give the members of your audience a gift. It is smart to butter them up with compliments. And it is dynamite to perform a dance that makes them think. Eleanor Bauer/Good Move manages the trifecta in “At Large,” which opened on Wednesday [...]
