Ronald K. Brown and Evidence Joyce Theater Sunday Evening, February 13, 2011 From the moment that I found my seat in the theater, I could feel the electricity in the air. A selection of Stevie Wonder songs filled the room … Continue reading
“The balopticon is an evil, inartistic, habit-forming, lazy and vicious machine! It also is a useful, time-saving, practical and helpful one. I use one often—and am thoroughly ashamed of it. I hide it whenever I hear people coming.” Eventually photography … Continue reading
The city streets were covered with snow for the last seven weeks. Today was the first day of mild weather and I can finally see the soil in my backyard. When the last of the snow had melted away, this … Continue reading
New York City Ballet Dancers Chat with Zachary Catazaro January 28, 2011 Photo by Paul Kolnik On selected Friday evenings during New York City Ballet’s season, they offer an event called Dancers Chat about an hour and a half before … Continue reading
I am of an age where I harbor many romantic memories of the East Village. When I was a high school kid in the early 1970s, it was a place of music, art, fashion and revolution. Nothing could have been … Continue reading
It’s been one month since the first blizzard of this season. The accumulations from that first snowfall are still on the ground. There’s a song lyric that goes “They say a snow year’s a good year” and if there’s the … Continue reading
Choreographer and Artistic Director Yesid Lopez’s latest work for the DeMa Dance Company was inspired by Pablo Picasso’s mural Guernica (detail pictured above),which depicts the ravages of the Spanish Civil War. I had the opportunity to watch Yesid set this … Continue reading
Guggenheim Works and Process – Live Web Stream Pacific Northwest Ballet’s presents Giselle Revisited Sunday, January 9, 2011 On Sunday night, I had the opportunity to view a live web stream of the Guggenheim Museum’s Works and Process from the … Continue reading
American Ballet Theatre presents The Nutcracker Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky December 26, 2010 Brooklyn Academy of Music I don’t remember having ever seen a story ballet that took the audience behind the scenes of its characters’ stately homes. Alexei Ratmansky’s … Continue reading
