Jillian Sweeney's Posts
In Memory of Pina Bausch
In remembrance of Pina Bausch, who died this morning, we’re pulling together some favorite moments from favorite Bausch pieces. Here’s a couple from some of us on staff. Feel free to contribute your own memories.
Marusca Fogo - A woman with a twinkle in her eye is wheeled onstage inside a clawfoot bathtub, in [...]
Dancing Perfectly Free reviews Pam Tanowitz
Evan Namerow, on her blog www.dancingperfectlyfree.com, writes:
“There is nothing black or white about Pam Tanowitz’s newest work, Be In the Gray With Me, presented this past weekend at Dance Theater Workshop. Navigating the gray area between ballet and modern is tricky, but Tanowitz, who avoids labeling herself or her work, is an intelligent dancemaker.”
Read the full review [...]
Dance View Times reviews “Be In the Gray With Me”
Kathleen O’Connell writes, “[n]o ideas but in steps— to paraphrase William Carlos Williams—would be a fitting summary of Pam Tanowitz’ “Be in the Gray with Me,” and that is a compliment. ”
Read her full review on Danceviewtimes.com here.
“A Multilinguist Who Dares to Mess With the Classical Vocabulary”
Claudia La Rocco reviews Pam Tanowitz’s new work for The New York Times.
“Dancers usually know when they are given something special. They perform with a particular inward-outward duality, turning in as if to savor the gift, while simultaneously offering themselves up to the choreography, the audience, the world.
Such was the feeling resonating from the elegantly turned [...]
“Russian Toes”
Susan Reiter previews Pam Tanowitz’s “Be In the Gray With Me” for New York Press.
“As her dancers rehearse several sections of the new work, the choreography exemplifies a refreshingly refined, thoughtful tone that makes a case for pure movement without the abundance of multi-layered elements incorporated into many contemporary Downtown works. Her dancers are strong [...]
“Modern dance meets ballet in Pam Tanowitz’s new dance”
Gia Kourlas previews Pam’s Be in the Gray with Me in Time Out New York.
“It’s a rare thing to encounter a contemporary choreographer who invests in movement—no conceptual strings attached—but in her new Be in the Gray with Me, Pam Tanowitz invents complex phrases that highlight technique ‘in the service of the dance.’ As she explains [...]
“Talk Talk Talk”
Check out Claudia La Rocco’s newest post on the WNYC ARTCULT blog, wherein she talks about the talks …Lobby TALKS.
Join in her conversation on the practical vs the philosophical in social media and technology.
“Talk about new media”
Eva Yaa Asantewaa will be on the panel of Lobby TALKS next Tuesday, June 9. Check out her post on her recently rededesigned InfiniteBody blog here.
“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 [...]
“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.
