Posts Tagged ‘Elyssa Dru Rosenberg’
Live Arts Fest Honors Dance Legacies and Makes Critic Sweat
When we had to do a movement phrase crossing the floor, I started to think that being onstage was a very bad idea. This year’s Live Arts Fest offered not just a look at dance legacies, but actual somatic experience. Plus a lesson that choreographers age incredibly well … Bella Lewitzky started her company at 50 and led it for 30 years; and Robert Cohan, whom the little festival that could brought from London, showed a fresh new work he’d created at 90.
Read MoreWhen Dance Makers Test Work & Compete for Prizes, Everyone Wins
Brooks commented on Barton’s gorgeous partnering and counterpoint.
“There was a sweeping quality that felt like calligraphy,” he said. “I like your sense of centrifugal force and not stopping.” His statement triggered laughter from Ms. Whelan in the bleacher seats, who is keenly aware of Brook’s dance aesthetic and approach to partnering.
Read MoreDancing Ghost of Isadora Duncan Seen on El Cajon Blvd.
Authentic reconstructions of Duncan’s choreography were beautiful because of their simplicity and grace, enhanced by lovely Duncanesque costumes in eye-soothing colors from nature. Some were exciting little bursts…
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