Author Archives: Karen

The Vicky Simegiatos Dance Company Presents The Nutcracker

I work in two worlds where preparations for December have to be in place at the end of the summer.  I design and sell Holiday Cards and Custom Invitations and people have lots of parties in December.   And I serve … Continue reading

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Batsheva Dance Company at the Joyce

Project 5, choreographed by Ohad Naharin,  featured five dancers.  In four shows during this season, only women performed the dances.  In nine shows, only men performed the dances.  We got to see the men.  I’d have loved to have seen … Continue reading

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New York City Ballet – Peter Martins’ The Magic Flute

From the very beginning of the piece, I was completely charmed by Peter Martins’ The Magic Flute.  The ballet, originally created for an SAB workshop performance, was hilarious, colorful and clever, full of laughs, pratfalls and slapstick.  This was not … Continue reading

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DeMa Dance Company Under the Stars

Marissa Frey and Yesid Lopez performing Poema 15 (I Like For You To Be Still) at the Grand Finale of the DUMBO Dance Festival. Sergio Alvarez and Natalia Mesa Elizabeth Cappabianca and Matthew Flatley Natalia and Sergio in rehearsal Elizabeth … Continue reading

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Yesid Lopez’s Poema 15

Yesid Lopez, Co-Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer of the DeMa Dance Company, will have his latest work, Poema 15 (I Like For You To Be Still), performed this coming Saturday and Sunday, September 25th and 26th, at the White  Wave … Continue reading

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DUMBO Dance Festival

We just received this e-mail blast from the DUMBO Dance Festival.  Please visit their site to find out all the details about all the amazing companies who will be performing throughout the weekend.  I’ve read that the DUMBO Arts Festival, … Continue reading

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The Channels Switch But It’s All Television

People take pictures of each other in front of Warhol art at the Brooklyn Museum.  Seems appropriate.  Below are a few scenes from Andy Warhol: The Last Decade. Disclaimer: It’s a poor artist who blames her tools, but my camera … Continue reading

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DeMa Dance Company Coming to DUMBO Dance Festival

On September 26th the DeMa Dance Company will be performing Yesid Lopez’s Poema 15 (I Like For You To Be Still) at the Grand Finale of the DUMBO Dance Festival, which is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year.  The concert … Continue reading

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Late August Urban Farm Report

We’re in the second phase of our harvest now.  Here’s an update on some of the stuff we were puzzled about a few weeks back. We really fell short where the broccoli was concerned.  We put in three plants.  This … Continue reading

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Kate Weare’s Bright Land at the Joyce

 I’d read that the Kate Weare Company was coming to the Joyce this summer.  When I received the video that Weare sent to her mailing list, I knew that I had to see the concert. The dance she was … Continue reading

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