The choreography evolves from walking to whirling, from moves as plain as street signs to the complex body language of emotional enigmas. Village Voice 5/5/05
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New York City Ballet’s Sofiane Sylve
Sofiane Sylve’s sheer physical vitality feels like an engine that energizes the entire theater, filling it with joy. Village Voice 4/19/05
Peter Boal & Company; Paige Martin and Caitlin Cook
Retiring from the stage in June, Peter Boal, longtime New York City Ballet principal and a bastion of pure classical dancing, appeared with his chamber company for perhaps its final season. . . . Paige Martin and Caitlin Cook: A program curated by pomo dance celebrity Sarah Michelson should have been more striking. Village Voice 4/19/05
Beth Soll & Company; Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Soll herself is unforgettable–as alert, quick, clear, and delicate as a lark. . . . Aspen Santa Fe Ballet appeals with easily accessible choreography, forcefully executed by dancers who are as bright and attractive as the imaginary people in ads selling you vacations. Village Voice 4/4/05
Shannon Hummel/Cora; Dancemopolitan
Hummel’s Elsewhere is enormously sophisticated on several levels, from the nuanced gradations of feeling expressed to stage pictures that remain beautifully calibrated whether the figures are still or running amok. . . . Packed into Joe’s Pub for Dancemopolitan, we’re craning our necks to ogle the tiny corner platform that serves as a stage for the cabaret show of postmodern dance. Village Voice 3/29/05
Royal Ballet School
My bets for a glorious future are on Joseph Caley, a fresh-faced and courageous high flier who might be the hero of a child’s adventure story–prodigious in his skills, ingenuous in his beauty. Village Voice 3/15/05
Cathy Weis Projects
Impelled by her unabashedly maverick imagination, Cathy Weis melds dance, video, and the fact that she has multiple sclerosis into haunting theater pieces. Village Voice 2/22/05
Elisa Monte Dance; Configuration
Monte’s choreography is handsome and functional, but all her devices remain standard; on the Configuration program, only Harrison McEldowney’s “At the End of the Road” offered genuine joy and wit. Village Voice 2/22/05
RoseAnne Spradlin
I guess RoseAnne Spradlin has death on her mind. Village Voice 2/8/05
Eighth Annual Japanese Contemporary Dance Showcase
The strongest works demonstrated an international outlook, incorporating much Western influence while retaining a stylization and emotional obliqueness characteristic of Asian art. Village Voice 1/25/05