…there’s the opening night of Olga Pona’s Chelyabinsk Contemporary Dance Theater. Gotta ask. What did you see as you gazed through the haze? Smoke ’em if you got ’embut share your responses first, in Comments, below.
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Rough landings for Chelyabinsk…
Chelyabinsk Contemporary Dance Theater isn’t having the kind of week you want to have when your company’s performing at ADF. First the injury, then the insult: Since performer Maria Greyf injured her hand in Prague, scratch one needed dancer for their replay of A Little Bit of Nostalgia. At last word, choreographer Olga Pona is […]
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The Independent Review: Martha Clarke’s “Garden of Earthly Delights”
Torn from the pages of today’s Independent Weekly: critic Byron Woods’ analysis of Martha Clarke’s Garden of Earthly Delights. Read onand respond with your comments at the end… Rise and Fall Martha Clarke opens ADF with a new Garden of Earthly Delights by Byron Woods When the moving revival of Martha Clarke’s Garden of Earthly […]
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Martha Clarke opens ADF with a new Garden of Earthly Delights
The Garden of Earthly Delights Martha Clarke American Dance Festival Closed June 9 When the moving revival of Martha Clarke’s Garden of Earthly Delights (whose work-in-progress opened the 2007 American Dance Festival last weekend) plays Boston, Minneapolis, New York or any of the other cities where presenters have expressed interest in the work, there’s an […]
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What did you see?
You were there when the tribes gathered — both alumni and present members of the African American Dance Ensemble. You rocked with it, and rolled with umoja. You caught the drumming orchestra. You heard the poet. Your response, Hunter? (And everyone else, for that matter?) Ame (which, as everybody knows by now, means “We’re listening” […]
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Yes, there’s gonna be a test…
There are two things all newbies need to know before attending this week’s performances by African American Dance Ensemble. (Yes, there’s going to be a test. Don’t worry, though. It’ll be fun. Unless, of course, you mess it up. So don’t.) 1. In the Ashanti Twi language of Ghana’s Akan people, Ago (pronounced AH-go) roughly […]
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You saw it…
…the world premiere (of sorts) of Martha Clarke’s newly expanded Garden of Earthly Delights. What did you think? Post your responses to the show in Comments.
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dance auditions: “the strangest combination lock you can imagine” | auditioning for Shen Wei
The first rite of passage for students at the ADF School got underway last night. Several hundred of this generation’s most promising dancers. Paper numbers pinned to sweaty clothes, like marathon runners. Hurried descriptions and demonstrationsfollowed by demands for immediate (and perfect) playback. For the chance to dance for the world on the ADF mainstage […]
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Our conversation with Martha Clarke
I had a good conversation with Martha Clarke last week. Interviews are tricky. Usually, a publicist will guarantee 15 minutes with your subject. Think about that for a moment. If an artist’s work has really intrigued you, there’s no shortage of questions. Sometimes you’ve wanted to ask them for years. You have 15 minutes. Anything […]
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Volley for serve
Welcome to the blog. Look, fair warning at the front: This is going to be an experiment. We’re all about to find out what happens when multiple voices (including, hopefully, yours) and views (of our photographer and documentary videographeras well as any artists out there working with dance and video or film) are given a […]
