Twlya Tharp: “In the Upper Room” & “Nine Sinatra Songs”
A scene from Twyla Tharp’s “In the Upper Room” at New York City Center (Photo credit: [more]
Kaitlyn Gilliland
Twyla Tharp and Three Dances
From 1976, “Country Dances” represented the post-experimental avant-garde phase after breakout success with her ballets for major dance companies. From 1980, there was “Brahms Paganini,” her entrée into her hybrid style combining her eccentric, seemingly casual movements with the classical ballet vocabulary and from 2016, “Beethoven Opus 130,” virtually a classical ballet with quirky touches. [more]
Pontus Lidberg Dance 2015
Swedish modern dance choreographer, Pontus Lidberg is a master of the quietly eerie. His works invade your brain slowly with their deliberate pacing and strange imagery. Mr. Lidberg showed his mastery of mood and the nuances of relationships in his recent program at the Joyce Theater. [more]