Archive for May, 2009
New NEA Chairman - Rocco Landesman
Keyur Khamar/Bloomberg News
For those of you who haven’t heard yet, President Obama has recently appointed Rocco Landesman, 61, as the next chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The appointment, which still awaits Senate approval, has been surprising and exciting to those in the arts community. Many are hopeful that Mr. Landesman will [...]
Carla on John Jasperse Company
Artistic Director Carla Peterson on John Jasperse Company’s Becky, Jodi and John
“The Lives of Dancers: Tense and Fleeting”
Dance Review | John Jasperse
The New York Times
Roslyn Sulcas writes, “[i]n some ways John Jasperse’s “Becky, Jodi and John” seems like a trifle: an entertaining hour passed with three people (and a fourth on video) in a kind of show-and-tell about their lives as dancers. In other ways the piece — first performed two years [...]
Community Choreography Challenge #2
Once again, we asked our followers on Twitter to tweet 1 physical movement (or antimovement) to us. I think, and Jillian agrees, that these movements work a little more cohesively than last week’s. What do you think?
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“How Artists Revive Old Warhorses”
Claudia La Rocco chats with Brian Zumhagen on WNYC’s Weekend Edition about her revival picks for this spring.
Becky, Jodi and John is on the list. Listen here.
iDANZonline.com reviews Christopher Williams
Published on iDANZonline.com on May 17, 2009
Hope Davis writes, “Christopher Williams is brilliant! His epic piece, The Golden Legend, ranges from the gruesome to the divine with a little light-hearted fun woven in. The piece includes three hours of brilliant dancing,
puppetry, theater, and live music.”
Read the full review here.
Community Choreography Challenge #1
This week, we asked our followers on Twitter to, “Tweet 1 physical movement (or lack of),” with the promise that we’d mash them up later. Jillian Sweeney was kind enough to perform the responses as one dance.
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“Lives of the saints: Martyred men and medieval music”
Review
Metro New York
Published: May 14, 2009
Elizabeth Zimmer writes “You don’t have to be Catholic or familiar with the back stories of 17 saints to appreciate Christopher Williams’ three-hour extravaganza now at Dance Theater Workshop — but it would certainly help. So would understanding Latin, French and the murmuring of various animals.”
Read the full review here.
A panel discussion moderated by Wendy Perron - Sun, May 17
Steps on Broadway & Back Stage present
Enhancing Your Artistry: Discussions with Theater & Dance Professionals
Part 2: Acting for Dancers
Sunday, May 17 @ 7pm
Steps on Broadway – 2121 Broadway (btw. 74th & 75th St.), 4th Floor
Wendy Perron (Editor-in-Chief, Dance Magazine) will moderate a discussion with Warren Adams, George de la Pena, Carmen de Lavallade, [...]
Lives and Deaths of Saints, and Puppets
The New York Times
Dance Review | Christopher Williams
Published: May 13, 2009
Claudia La Rocco writes, “[e]verything about Christopher Williams’s “Golden Legend,” is extravagant, outsize: the star-studded cast of 39, the three-hour length, the gorgeous puppets, detailed costumes and 11-member music ensemble, even the program booklet, complete with footnotes and translations. The whole thing barely fits on [...]
