Dd Response: Week 1 of Ballet v6.0 at the Joyce
When asking the big questions like “Is there a God?” and… “What is contemporary ballet in 2013?” artists (and believers) are searching for a raison d’etre. The curators of Ballet v6.0—a contemporary...
View ArticleAn Evening of Film: Fordham Alumni Company’s CANNED ART Festival
I never go to the movies. Perhaps it’s because of the sticker shock every time I see the ticket price. It might be because New York City movie theaters have a reputation for bedbug infestation and I,...
View ArticleDd Response: Laguna Dance Festival
For almost a decade, The Laguna Dance Festival has been considered a gem in the Southern California dance scene. I discovered it a year ago, when I had just moved to the area from across the country,...
View Article‘We are Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On’
What a difference three-hundred sixty-four days makes… Autumn 2012 brought me back to New York for the first time in years. I enjoyed a reunion with a former employer for whom I taught ballet for many...
View ArticleDd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 6 of 20/20
Do you feel like the ballet world is less glamorous than it used to be? Today’s video linking ballet and fashion is for you: Are you a dance documentarian? What is your favorite dance video or short...
View ArticleIntermezzo Dance Company: American Ballet Theatre’s Craig Salstein’s new take...
The American Ballet Theatre has long been regarded as one of the best ballet companies in the world. At home in New York City, during their annual season at the Metropolitan Opera, the company often...
View ArticleDd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 9 of 20/20
Here at Dd a substantial part of our mission is bringing rigorous review to dance performances. We think our critics know best how to bring context to their own art form. We believe such thoughtful...
View ArticleDd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 15 of 20/20
Music video Monday: Christian Larson was one of a dozen filmmakers given complete artistic freedom to surprise the band sigur ros with a video for their new album Valtari. In Larson’s own words: “i’ve...
View ArticleDd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 20 of 20!
Happy National Dance Day! Here at Dd we have been anticipating this event–recognizing the importance and influence of our art form in and on the culture of our country–with a Video Countdown and the...
View ArticleJon Yanofsky: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts’ New Executive Director
The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts has been presenting world-class programming to South Brooklyn’s multicultural audiences since 1954. Though the Center’s steady organizational balance and...
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