It’s the centennial of the birth of Jerome Robbins and ballet companies around the world are dipping into his eclectic body of work to celebrate. Last week’s quadruple bill at San Francisco Ballet, curated by artistic director Helgi Tomasson, gave us satisfying glimpses of Robbins’ prodigious theatrical and musical gifts.…
In the March issue of Dance Europe, find my interview with the legendary Li Cunxin, whose extraordinary life is recounted in the memoir and film both titled ‘Mao’s Last Dancer.’ I caught up with Li in Brisbane, the home of Queensland Ballet, which he is on a mission to …
Identity. Escapism. The toxicity of romance. These are the big themes that eight young choreographers – four from Hong Kong, four from mainland China – tackled in a March 3-4 showcase of collaborative works under the umbrella of the Hong Kong Arts Festival’s Dance Exchange.…
The opening gambit at the Hong Kong Arts Festival’s Contemporary Dance Series this year is a piece titled Battle Zone in which four young men – two trained primarily in Chinese dance and contemporary dance, and two in street dance – engage each other in various twists on a traditional …
In an airport. Waiting for her luggage – which appears to have taken the Slow Boat to China while she was on a Boeing 777. To fend off boredom, she inventoried the highs and lows of her theatre-going escapades since you last encountered her at the 2017 San Francisco Ballet …