Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The South African choreographer and dancer Dada Masilo’s “The Sacrifice,” at the Joyce Theater, responds to Pina Bausch. By Siobhan Burke Over the ...
For dancer Anique Ayiboe, entering the world of “The Rite of Spring” has been a journey of discovery. The Togolese dancer, who has been traveling and performing with the renowned Pina Bausch ...
The riotous premiere of "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 Paris is something of a legend. Igor Stravinsky's dissonant, pulsating score; Vaslav Nijinsky's frantic, tribalistic choreography; and the ballet's ...
Dance as a storytelling technique is always evolving as time progresses. The power of movement, most of the time, speaks ...
Conductor Robert Spano assumes the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s podium again this month, his first appearances here since 2022. On May 2 and May 3 the venerated ASO music director laureate conducted a ...
A strange, bewitching ceremony took place this weekend at Zellerbach Hall. 17 stagehands marched onstage at the show’s intermission, ripped up the gray Marley floor, unfurled a massive dusty black ...
“The Rite of Spring” concerns the sacrifice of a girl to propitiate the gods and ensure prosperity. “Romeo and Juliet” is (partly) about the sacrifice of young love on the altar of ambition. What ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick In a Dance Reflections program, Malou Airaudo and Germaine Acogny’s duet “common ground[s]” precedes Pina Bausch’s “Rite.” By Gia ...
The Confucius Temple in the city of Tainan, southern Taiwan, held its annual spring sacrifice ceremony on Friday, a traditional rite paying homage to Confucius, the ancient Chinese philosopher and ...