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Kim Vos

Middendorp's Another Kind of Blue Creates a Complex Mosaic of Sight and Sound in Wave - 12/21/2021 by Helma Klooss
Choreographer David Middendorp a 2014 finalist on the television show America's Got Talent, created Wave, a new program in which he further investigated how dance and technology go together. Wave... (more)
PNB’s Rep 2 Highlighted by Lang’s Brilliant ‘Ghost Variations’ - 2/27/2021 by Steve Sucato
Pacific Northwest Ballet's Rep 2 digital stage production began with a “Five Minute Call,” a short film by principal dancer Dylan Wald. The film was a candid, behind-the-scenes look at... (more)
Whim W’Him’s ‘Choreographic Shindig VI’ ups the ante on Virtual Dance Offerings - 10/27/2020 by Steve Sucato
The global pandemic caught many dance companies big and small flat-footed when it came to alternative ways to do what they do. And while some of the big budget troupes... (more)

Rahi Rezvani

Debut Works are a Triumph in NDT2's 'The play between' - 11/26/2021 by Helma Klooss
Two choreographers new to working with Nederlands Dans Theater's second company were invited to create new works for NDT2's young dancers, ages 18-22. Both provided surprising results that received standing... (more)
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam's 'Casablanca' lacking compared to the film it was based on - 11/8/2021 by Helma Klooss
Scapino Ballet is the Netherlands' oldest dance company and celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Scapino’s choreographer Ed Wubbe created for this occasion the ballet Casablanca, inspired by the World... (more)
Netherlands Dance Theater Opens New Season with Flawed 'Skin of the Mind' - 9/29/2021 by Helma Klooss
The Netherlands Dance Theater started their 2021-2022 dance season under new artistic director Emily Molnar in a brand new theater, Amare in the Hague, with the exciting program Skin of... (more)

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2021 Winners of Dutch Annual Dance Awards The Swans Announced - 10/7/2021 by Helma Klooss - AWARD SHOWS
The Swans, the annual "Oscars" of the Dutch dance world, are presented by the VSCD, the Association of Theatres and Concert Halls, for the categories “most impressive dance achievement” and... (more)
Ashley Bathgate, contemporary cellist, to perform in Ted Hearne and Dorothea Lasky's All CAP UCLA online performance on May 15, 2021, "Dorothea" - 4/26/2021 by Robert Abrams - SHORT NOTES
My friend and contemporary cellist, Ashley Bathgate, who I first met at the last show I reviewed before the pandemic lockdown started, will be performing with Ted Hearne and others... (more)
Dutch Annual Dance Awards 'The Swans' Another Casualty of Global Pandemic - 10/28/2020 by Helma Klooss - AWARD SHOWS
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Swans awards (The ‘Oscars’ of the Dutch dance world) were cancelled. (more)

Robert Abrams

West Coast Swing at The Mercury Café in Denver, Colorado - 12/23/2015 by Robert Abrams
Outside the mercury was dropping, but inside The Mercury Café the dance was rising. With bright red and white Christmas lights framing the very fine and well loved wooden floor,... (more)
Seeking Friendship in the Front Range - Salsa in Boulder, Colorado - 11/12/2014 by Joanne Zimbler
Why is it that we never do all of the things that we tell ourselves we're going to do as soon as we get some free time or take a... (more)
Seeking Friendship in the Front Range - Hip Hop in Boulder, Colorado - 10/25/2014 by Joanne Zimbler
Growing up in a suburban middle class neighborhood in the 70's many little girls, myself included, eagerly obliged when our parents signed us up for dance classes, the ballet, tap,... (more)