Author: IsItModern?
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SUPPORT! : RebollarDance
SUPPORT! is a new feature of Dancing in the District. It is a section to showcase funding ventures in the dance community! The inaugural post is for RebollarDance’s Sacred Profane Hatchfund Campaign! “Sacred Profane has been a two year process: the first year involved compiling research of human rights issues from around the world, reading…
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JILLIAN PEÑA AT ADI BY LUELLA CHRISTOPHER
SIBLINGS, LOVERS, RIVALS, DOLLS OR FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS? JILLIAN PEÑA’S DOPPLEGANGERS AT ADI By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. American Dance Institute, Rockville, Md. September 11 and 12, 2015 Jillian Peña’s “Polly Pocket Expansion Pack” signifies a German-made toy for children, a kind of doll-house. That’s all audience members know while taking their seats before a brightly…
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Talkin’ with Sara Herrera (-Kopetchny)!
A short chat with dancer/choreographer Sara Herrera. https://herrerasara.squarespace.com
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Christopher K. Morgan & Artists’s LIMITED VISIBILITY at ADI BY LUELLA CHRISTOPHER
CHRISTOPHER K. MORGAN AND ARTISTS IN A STUNNING “LIMITED VISIBILITY” By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. American Dance Institute Rockville, Maryland May 29/30, 2015 Christopher K. Morgan’s new piece is visually dynamic in its simultaneous use of different levels (tables), different types of lighting (especially worklights, as opposed to theater lights), contrast fabrics (all black, then eventually…
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Dance Metro DC’s 2015 Choreographers’ Commission Showcase at Dance Place
Triple Threat! Dance Metro DC’s 2015 Choreographers’ Commission Showcase Saturday, September 12 at 8pm Dance Place, Washington, DC Before we begin as we do at the beginning and end as we do in the end, I’d like to make it clear that this is only a partial review of Triple Threat! : Dance Metro DC’s…
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30th ANNIVERSARY WORKS BY URBAN BUSH WOMEN at ADI by Luella Christopher
NOT YOUR TYPICAL DYING SWAN AND OTHER 30th ANNIVERSARY WORKS BY URBAN BUSH WOMEN By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. American Dance Institute Rockville, Maryland April 1718, 2015 “Dark Swan” (2014) is beyond parody and distinctly so. Choreographer Nora Chipaumire, inspired by the Russian masters’s contributions to dance, gives the familiar “Dying Swan” by Michel Fokine a…