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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...
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An 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,...
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Dd Short Short List for Week of 8/19
1. The Current Sessions at the Wild Project Volume III, Issue II. will feature 10 choreographers and 1 dance film in 4 diverse programs. August 23-25 Friday & Saturday @ 7:30 PM; Sunday @ 3 PM w/...
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Dd 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,...
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Dance + Business: Community Supported Art
Last winter I attended the DanceNYC symposium where I was drawn to the Bringing Entrepreneurship to the Arts panel. Most of the discussion seemed to revolve around ever more administrative tasks for...
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Getting Over the Hump with Laura Peterson
I caught up with choreographer Laura Peterson, in the midst of a busy fall fundraising drive, to ask her, “What gets you over the hump?” I am grateful for this window into her mid-week motivation:...
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Travel Tuesday Interview: ThisWorldMusic founder Jeremy Cohen on...
Study abroad has always intrigued me. From the moment my teenage foot landed on foreign soil and unearthed the thrill of incomprehensible language tickling my ear and exotic customs unseating familiar...
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‘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...
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Daniel Ulbricht and Stars of American Ballet Bring New York Glamor to Texas
Daniel Ulbricht breezed into the late-August heat of North Texas on an artistic foray with his Stars of American Ballet. In a single evening of artistry and athleticism at the Eisemann Center in...
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...
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Dd 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...
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Jon 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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