NEWS & REVIEWS
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Women’s March, D.C. 2024
It is important we recognize that there is a serious threat to women’s body autonomy and reproductive rights, among other things. We are happy to report a strong turnout of both men and women to the Women’s March in D.C. on November 2nd, 2024. Please VOTE, and VOTE FOR WOMEN.
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Mark Morris Dance Group at Center for the Arts by Sylvana Christopher
Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble Concert Center for the Arts, A Mason Arts Venue Saturday October 19th, 2024 Reviewed by Sylvana Christopher Click below to hear an audio transcript of this review. Mark Morris Dance Group performed repertoire: Pacific (1995), Going Away Party (1990), Rock of Ages (2004), and Castor and Pollux (1980). Pacific
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National Bunraku Theater at The Kennedy Center by David Dowling
Hailing from Osaka, Japan, and embarking on a U.S. Tour, the National Bunraku Theater brings with it the blessings of the Japan Society, and a mission of preservation and presentation. As a Libretto is the backbone for opera in its text, the Joruri in Bunraku puppetry is the musical accompaniment of the omozukai, the main…
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10,000 Dreams Gala Performance at The Kennedy Center by Sylvana Christopher
The Kennedy Center’s 10,000 Dreams educated & entertained Choo San Goh fans and Washington audiences eager to support this new festival. Attracted by the chance to see Choo San Goh’s work for the first time as I had heard about his beautiful work, Birds of Paradise, performed in the 80’s. This gala concert highlighted three…
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A Hot Night of Choreo at C.H.A.W. – DC Summer Dance Showcase 2024
A hot summer night afforded the perfect opportunity to absorb the breadth of contempomodern choreography currently available in the DMV – a genre that almost defies definition as it is forever evolving. Malcolm Shute, certified movement analyst, founder of Human Landscape Dance, and teaching artist in Towson University’s dance department,
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Sydney Dance Company at The Kennedy Center by Sylvana Christopher
We all die someday. Given a chance to see this Australian company I sprang at the opportunity. Sydney Dance Company is based in the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct in Sydney, Australia. Their studios are on the lands and over the waters of the Gadigal, Aboriginal meaning people of the Grasstree.
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Come Home to Yourself – A Preview of SLMDances at Dance Place by Ashayla Byrd
When asked about her elevator pitch for PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells, Sydnie L. Mosley, Founding Artistic and Executive Director of SLMDances, shared sisterhood’s integral role in the formation of the evening…
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More on that later.. – Motion X Dance Company at Atlas, Intersections by Ashayla Byrd
Small world! I say it often as a dance artist. It is virtually impossible to familiarize myself with every player in the vast expanse of the American dance field, and yet, I always know someone who knows someone (who knows someone that knows the teacher or sibling of the person in question)…
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Dongpo : Life in Poems at the Kennedy Center by David Dowling
Dongpo : Life in Poems by Shen Wei Sunday, March 10, 2024 1:30p.m. The Kennedy Center Opera House by David Dowling In 16th century Spain there lived a nun, known today as St. Teresa of Ávila. Among the things we remember her for include her accomplishment as the first of only four women to have been
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In This Case, Seeing Is Believing.. Grupo Corpo at the Kennedy Center by Ashayla Byrd
Sometimes it’s just better to go in blind. For me, there’s a certain beauty that comes with walking into a dance experience with little to no preconceived notions or expectations for what I’m about to witness. I know–from the fundamental practice of reading my program before the show–that Grupo Corpo is a formidable Brazilian dance…
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When the Spirit Moves.. – Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Kennedy Center by Ashayla Byrd
Although the entire audience knew what was coming, we erupt with thunderous applause at the sight of the dancers’ flesh-toned costumes, eyes beaming upwards at the warm spotlight hovering above them as “I’ve been ‘buked, I’ve been scorned…” billows through the theater. The dancers’ arms swell out and curve downward; the closer to the front…
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Jane Franklin Dance at Black Rock Center for the Arts by Luella Christopher
Jane Franklin’s Dance: “NEXT” Black Rock Center for the Arts Dance Festival April 14-16, 2023 Germantown, Maryland May 20, 2023 By Luella Christopher, Ph.D. The April 16th exhibition by Jane Franklin Dance at the conclusion of a three-day dance festival at Black Rock Center for the Arts presented an opportunity to view the work of