By Walter Rutledge
The Paul Taylor Dance Company began its sixty-ninth season on Tuesday October 31 at the New York State Theater. The two-week fifteen performance season will offer a total of fourteen works by five choreographers. The season will present a world premieres by Larry Keigwin and Lauren Lovette, the return of a work by Amy Hall Garner, company premiere by and Ulysses Dove and nine Taylor classics.
This House of Flowers excerpt featuring Geoffrey Holder and Carmen De Lavallade is from the 2005 documentary Carmen & Geoffrey. Holder and his brother Boscoe talk about their early roots in Trinidad, forming a dance company and Holder meeting his wife (De Lavallade) in the 1955 production of House of Flowers. Continue reading
Mary Lou’s Mass (1971) with John Parks, Dudley Williams and Clive Thompson and Hidden Rites (1973) with John Parks and Judith Jamison. Continue reading
Alvin Ailey revolutionized the world of dance by honoring the African American experience, but his journey was not without its struggles. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
Please excuse my self indulgent opening digression. It is the perfect example of history being rewritten and romanticized to create propaganda more palatable to the American founding fathers myth. . Continue reading
Dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey revolutionized the world of dance by honoring the African American experience. Unfortunately his personal journey was not without its struggles.
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Dancers Valentina Kozlova and Sven Toorvald performs choreographer Margo Sappington‘s Rodin inspired duet The Kiss Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
Ronald K. Brown/Evidence began its New York season at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday January 17 and runs through Sunday, January 22. The six-day, seven performance offering presents three ensemble works spanning twenty-four years of Brown’s artistry. The season provides an insight into the thirty-eight-year journey of Brown and Evidence. Continue reading
By Walter Rutledge
Clive Thompson danced in the Golden Era of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Officially becoming a permanent member in 1970 when choreographer Ailey was entering a creative zenith. He viral good looks, skillful partnering, and his ability to capture audiences in both dramatic and abstract roles made him Ailey royalty. Continue reading
Alvin Ailey’s masterwork Revelations (1960), one of the most recognizable modern dance works, remains a powerful testament to the human spirit. This cast includes Marilyn Banks, April Berry, Kevin Brown, Gary DeLoatch, Ralph Glenmore, Deborah Manning, Renee Robinson and Dudley Williams.
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid
Free Dance Classes, Free Workshop, Cyphers and Street Dance Community Session 670 Lafayette Avenue Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Curated by Carlo McCormickFree Dance Classes, Free Workshop, Cyphers and Street Dance Community Session 670 Lafayette Avenue Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Curated by Carlo McCormickFree Dance Classes, Free Workshop, Cyphers and Street Dance Community Session 670 Lafayette Avenue Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Curated by Carlo McCormick
The Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid
Free Dance Classes, Free Workshop, Cyphers and Street Dance Community Session 670 Lafayette Avenue Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Curated by Carlo McCormickFree Dance Classes, Free Workshop, Cyphers and Street Dance Community Session 670 Lafayette Avenue Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Curated by Carlo McCormickFree Dance Classes, Free Workshop, Cyphers and Street Dance Community Session 670 Lafayette Avenue Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Curated by Carlo McCormickFree Dance Classes, Free Workshop, Cyphers and Street Dance Community Session 670 Lafayette Avenue Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Curated by Carlo McCormickThe Dance of the Village Elders are back ! This time we exercise, dance and just have fun through the zoom platform or in-person at R.A.I.N. Nereid
Free Dance Classes, Free Workshop, Cyphers and Street Dance Community Session 670 Lafayette Avenue Bedstuy, Brooklyn
Curated by Carlo McCormick