The Washington Ballet The Nutcracker The Warner Theatre 12.26.2015 by ddespair Preface Let me start out by saying, every Christmas, I have listened to 97.1 WASH-FM every year since the dawn of time. Like clockwork, […]
Pavel Zustiak and Palissimo Company at ADI by Luella Christopher
“CUSTODIANS OF BEAUTY”: WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO UNDERSTAND By Luella Christopher, Ph,D. Pavel Zustiak and Palissimo Company American Dance Institute Rockville, Md. November 20, 2015 Mental somersaults. A day after watching “Custodians of Beauty”, […]
Christopher K. Morgan & Artists at ADI by Luella Christopher
SOME ENCHANTED EVENING: TREASURES FROM CHRISTOPHER MORGAN’S HAWAIIAN TROVE AND OTHER STAPLES FROM THE COMPANY REPERTORY By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. Christopher K. Morgan & Artists American Dance Institute Rockville, Md. October 9 and 10, 2015 […]
Dance Theatre of Harlem at Sidney Harman Hall by Luella Christopher
EXCULPATORY AND EROTIC: SHOCKERS AND SIZZLERS DOMINATE HARLEM DANCE THEATRE’S VISIT TO D.C. By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. Dance Theatre of Harlem Sidney Harman Hall Washington, D.C. October 10, 2015 The much anticipated return to the […]
Vertigo Dance Company at BlackRock Center for the Arts by Luella Christopher
ARE WE UPRIGHT OR FALLING? HOW SERIOUS IS YOUR VERTIGO? By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. Vertigo Dance Company BlackRockCenter for the Arts Germantown, Md. October 22, 2015 Vertigo Dance Company, founded in 1992 in Israel by […]
CHRIS SCHLICHTING at ADI BY LUELLA CHRISTOPHER
A GENTLY VISCERAL “STRIPE TEASE” BY CHRIS SCHLICHTING By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. American Dance Institute Rockville, Md. October 2-3, 2015 Life-affirming choreography can be elusive in the Millennium. Chaos and conflict predominate to such an […]