Posts Tagged ‘dance theater’
Live Music Elevates City Ballet’s Magic and Tragic Dances
For “Carmina Burana,” Mr. Gonzalez integrates Carl Orff’s potent score into the tragic story of a banker ruined by the Great Crash of 1929, When he lost all of his wealth, he walked the streets of New York with a gun and…
Read MoreDance Hybrid ‘In Your Arms’ Charms with Comic Vignettes
Click-clacking sounds of fingers on a keyboard trigger a surreal Parisian hallucination with a twirling pink ballerina, mime, and street artist. Eyes turn to the stage edge. “Oh my God, that’s…
Read MoreDangerous Dance, Spoken Word in ‘Damaged Goods’
While he describes psychotherapy with his shrink, dancers become coat racks and furniture. Without a hitch, he flings his coat onto their heads and fingers and sputters about his guilt for surviving…
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