ExploreDance

Lindsay Thomas

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)
Wim Vandekeybus' Draw from Within is Explosive, Terrifying and a Test of our Stamina for Live-Streamed Dance - 9/27/2020 by Mindy Aloff
Flemish prodigy dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and photographer Wim Vandekeybus (b. 1963) made his U.S. debut in 1987 with his then-year-old company Ultima Vez. Installed in the black box of The... (more)

Rahi Rezvani

Nederlands Dans Theater's Shadow's Whispers could have Spoken Louder - 3/3/2021 by Helma Klooss
In these global pandemic times many of us have longed for more online performances by Nederlands Dans Theater. Their latest one, Shadow's Whispers, on February 15 featured the world premieres... (more)
Daring ‘To The Pointe’ Opens Milwaukee Ballet’s 2020-21 Season in Style - 3/1/2021 by Steve Sucato
Coming on the heels of a year disrupted by pandemic, Milwaukee Ballet artistic director Michael Pink made the bold decision to open the company’s 2020-21 season with a program of... (more)
EVIDENCE makes it clear; Choreographer Ronald K. Brown is the King of Smooth - 2/19/2021 by Steve Sucato
Brooklyn-based Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE’s livestream performance from The Joyce Theater Thursday night was like many pandemic produced programs these days in that it was a collection of mostly solos 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)
ExploreDance.com's Mindy Aloff Remembers Barbara Milberg Fisher, Sally Banes and Russell Lee who the World Lost Recently - 6/18/2020 by Mindy Aloff - REFLECTIONS
Between mid-April and mid-June, America lost a group of individuals in the arts whom I happened to know—for two decades at least and nearly six decades at most. Below I... (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)