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Monday, 19 March 2018 20:48

Review: Compañía Nacional de Danza

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 L0A1625 CND Kayoko Everhart as Carmen and Daan Vervoort as Don José by David Bazemore
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UCSB Arts & Lectures presented Spain’s national dance company, Compañía Nacional de Danza, for its contemporary adaptation of Carmen over two nights, Tuesday, March 6 and Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at The Granada Theatre.
 
While the dancers possessed great skill and gave theatrical performances, the piece as a whole fell short of a truly contemporary retelling.

Friday, 16 March 2018 06:58

Review: Orpheus and Eurydice

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Beyond The 805

  
Maxim Mironov (right) as Orpheus, with dancers from the Joffrey Ballet, in LA Opera's 2018 production of “Orpheus and Eurydice.” Photo Credit: Ken Howard
Tuesday, 13 March 2018 22:45

Review: Joffrey Ballet's "Romeo & Juliet"

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Christine Rocas and Rory Hohenstein Photo by Cheryl Mann
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Beyond The 805
The Joffrey Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet performed at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is a dynamic, contemporary take on the classic ballet. From the various costumes and settings spanning the 1930s, 1950s, and 1990s to the contemporary twists to the ballet choreography, watching Joffrey Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet is a refreshing and captivating experience.
 
 
Christine Rocas and Rory Hohenstein The Joffrey Ballet’s Romeo & JulietPhoto by Cheryl Mann
Monday, 12 March 2018 07:00

Review: FLAX’s The Dialectic of the Stars Bodies 2

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Beyond The 805
 
The penultimate evening of FLAX’s The Dialectic of the Stars Bodies2 features choreographer and dancer Noé Soulier. Fabien Danesi, the curator of the series, describes LA as “both cinematographic and paradisiac, but also artificial”. His inspiration for The Dialectic of the stars draws a star in Los Angeles: a place of contradiction, hallucination and mystery, at once “political and poetic.” I keep his portrait of Los Angeles at the forefront as he introduces Soulier.
 
 
Monday, 22 January 2018 09:40

Ligia Lewis' minor matter at REDCAT

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Beyond The 805
The dance starts and ends with black, the absence or complete absorption of visible light. What happens in between is red; as the second installation of a three part performance, minor matter is a fervent outpouring of joy giving life to rage, rage to joy.
 
 
Monday, 25 September 2017 23:45

Dance: Anaїs by Mixed eMotion Theatrix

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Anaїs by Mixed eMotion Theatrix
9 September 2017 -- The greatest strengths of Anaїsa Dance Opera,  other than the conception and timing of doing this work at this time to begin with, is, first, the work of both the lead dancer, Kate Coleman, and the voice, Holly Sedillos, at its center.  Second, the choice of doing it with a minimal set backed by a projection scrim and using live and recorded sound, in short, a multi-media piece.
 
 
 
Friday, 04 August 2017 05:17

"BalletNow" Review

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With a star-studded cast, BalletNow featured a diverse selection of pieces curated by Tiler Peck, principal dancer for New York City Ballet. Ranging from traditional ballet to more contemporary to jazz, the show that graced the Music Center stage would delight newcomers and experienced audience members alike.
 
 
 
 
James Whiteside and Isabella Boylston perform Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet