This hard-to-categorize show employs an innovative technology called the "BodyMouth" in a dance-theater-opera performance that references mythological female forest creatures from Balkan folklore, commenting on the othering and suppression of women and the female voice.
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Concert/Dance Review: Paola Prestini’s ‘House of Zodiac’
This truly original event at the Green-Wood Cemetery catacombs took in the definitions of concert, dance, and theater.
Read More »Boston Lyric Opera’s Upcoming ‘The Seasons’—Opera, Dance, and Climate Change
Music by Vivaldi, words by Sara Ruhl, choreography by Pam Tanowitz, and conception and vocals by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo promise an impactful March 2025 premiere.
Read More »Review (NYC): ‘Schtick a Pole in It’ Celebrates Nine Years of Comedy and Pole Dancing, with the Music of Styx (21 January 2022)
Comedians alternate with dancers at the only comedy-and-pole-dancing series in...the universe?
Read More »Interview: Wray Armstrong and Evita Zhang of Armstrong Music & Arts on Bridging the China-West Cultural Divide
As it manages artists and tours the agency works to facilitate cross-cultural exchange of music, opera, dance and more while building careers.
Read More »Greenwich+Docklands International Festival Interview: Jeanefer Jean-Charles, Choreographer and Artistic Director of ‘Black Victorians’
Jeanefer Jean-Charles provides an in-depth look at the research and rehearsal processes behind 'Black Victorians,' which returns to GDIF, a popular performing arts festival in London.
Read More »Dance-Theater Review (NYC): ‘Seven Sins’ from Company XIV
The newest dance extravaganza from Austin McCormick's Company XIV offers gaudy, jaw-droppi entertainment while showcasing a deepening maturity.
Read More »Dance-Theater Review (NYC): ‘Queen of Hearts’ from Company XIV
Company XIV's spangly, turbocharged dance aesthetic, as energetic and psychedelic as ever, is all the more immersive in the company's own Brooklyn nightclub-theater.
Read More »Theater Review (San Antonio): A Spectacular ‘Disney’s Newsies’ at the Public Theater
This is a professional, Broadway-quality production in every respect.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘A Chorus Line’ at the Gallery Players
The Gallery Players' sterling new production reminds us that 'A Chorus Line' is not only loaded with some of the greatest show music ever, but one of the best pieces of meta-theater ever devised.
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