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Pirouettes and Street Cred: Atlanta’s Hip-Hop Ballet

By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO : ATLANTA
THE rapper Antwan Patton was sitting in the sleek black Courvoisier Lounge tucked into the back of his recording studio here. Mr. Patton, better known as Big Boi, one-half of the progressive hip-hop duo OutKast, was taking a break from finishing his debut solo album, due out this summer. But […]

Feet, Arms and Foam Tubing, All Moving to Led Zeppelin

Dance Review | ‘Electrolux’ : By GIA KOURLAS
Dance New Amsterdam was smart to name Laura Peterson as one of its 2007-8 artists in residence: as a set designer, she is a problem solver. This theater has flaws, notably the six columns planted firmly on the stage, along with the sad fact that the seats aren’t […]

Viewing Old Photographs and Picturing the Stories

Dance Review

By GIA KOURLAS

The choreographer Ronald K. Brown is something of an archaeologist. In his dances — poetic structures of great subtlety and force — there is the sense of a singular artist digging for a forgotten treasure. The qualities he holds dear are those that current society tends to ignore: legacy, tradition, […]

Power Couples Take Command With Quiet Romance

Dance Review

By JENNIFER DUNNING
 

The annual ballet gala produced by Solomon Tencer tends to be long on fun and interesting dancers, partly because it plays down the usual tacky glamour of such events. But a little more razzle-dazzle would have been welcome on Monday night at the New York State Theater, when “Stars of […]

Alternate Worlds Moving on Two Stages, Performing for One Audience

Dance Review | Merce Cunningham Company

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

BEACON, N.Y. — Because dance occurs in both time and space, it operates upon us as a demonstration of physics. This aspect becomes arresting in the work of two choreographers alone: George Balanchine and Merce Cunningham. Mr. Cunningham has often quoted Einstein’s dictum “There are no […]