Last weekend marked the 22nd time that RAWdance’s Wendy Rein and Ryan Smith have served up excerpts from the work of Bay Area choreographers in a tapas-style program branded as the CONCEPT series. …
4 APRIL 2018
30 MARCH 2018
Men Face Off in Gravitas and Between Tiny Cities
The Hong Kong Arts Festival wrapped its tenth Asia Pacific Dance Platform on the weekend of Mar. 16 with a powerful double bill of male duos. Each work set a pair of young men adrift in a strange world framed by unsettling, quickly shifting realities.…
27 MARCH 2018
San Francisco Ballet Salutes Jerome Robbins at 100
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.…
11 MARCH 2018
Catching up with Li Cunxin
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 …
7 MARCH 2018
Choreographers from Hong Kong and mainland China tangle at the Hong Kong Arts Festival
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.…