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Sobelle's Enticing, Gluttonous, Enlightening FOOD
Geoff Sobelle, exemplary waiter. Photo: Stephanie BergerGeoff Sobelle taps into just every imaginable topic surrounding FOOD, the title of his latest theater work. These range from how city dwellers...
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Fallen Trees Find New Life in Art
The final sculptureMy friend Bob Bangiola, an artist in Hudson, asked me to help him construct a sculpture in his back yard, which overlooks a vast, marshy expanse. He uses found wood—tree limbs,...
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New York Notebook, Dec 2023
adaku, part 1: the road opens. Photo: Tony Turneradaku, part 1: the road opensBAM Next Wave Festival, BAM FisherIn murky light, seven clustered women tread a circle, shuffling and hopping, at times...
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John McDevitt King in Intersections I at Anita Rogers Gallery
Anita Rogers Gallery. Photo: Jon-Paul RodriguezIntersections I, a three-person show, is on view at Anita Rogers Gallery in Soho through January 7, featuring Gary Gissler, Barbara Knight, and John...
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Favorite Novels of 2023
Tom Lake, Ann PatchettThe Land of Milk & Honey, Pamela ZhangWhalefall, Daniel KrausThe Vaster Wilds, Lauren GroffHello Beautiful, Ann NapolitanoBirnam Wood, Eleanor CattonAge of Vice, Deepti...
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New York Notebook, Jan/Feb 2024
Timothy Ward and Justin Lynch in De la Lumière, Entre les Lampes. Photo: Steven PisanoMolissa Fenley, RouletteMolissa Fenley’s program, From the Light, Between the Lamps, at Roulette was most likely...
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New York Notebook, Feb 2024
Art—History in ProcessLife is history. In the course of life, we accumulate things. Objects and material stuff, but also memories and lived experiences, including physical knowledge, rituals, and...
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Hubbard Street at the Joyce Theater
Alexandria Best in Coltrane's Favorite Things. Photo: Michelle ReidNew York is considered the world’s dance capital by many, boasting countless companies, choreographers, and dancers. And yet, Hubbard...
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Chamber Dance Collective at the Stissing Center
Nocturne, choreography by Martha Clarke. Photo by Richard Termine, courtesy of New YorkTheatre Ballet. Dancer: Guyonn Auriau in a 2017 performance at 92YAfter a particularly momentous week on Earth...
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Martha Graham Dance Company: Doesn't Seem a Day Over 98
Rodeo. Carla Lopez, Luque PhotographyIncredibly, Martha Graham Dance Company will celebrate its centennial in 2026 with GRAHAM 100. But it started the festivities recently with a New York City Center...
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The DNA of Paul Taylor's Esplanade, and new Lovette excerpts
Alicia Graf Mack and Damian Woetzel in Duet at 92Y. Photo: Richard TermineThe passing of the iconic modern choreographer Paul Taylor in 2018, to state the obvious, marked the end of an era. But it also...
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New York Notebook, June 2024
Catherine Hurlin and Daniel Camargo in Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works. Photo: Marty Sohl ABT performed the company premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works (2015) during its 2024 season at the Met Opera...
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Plein Air Dance, Summer of 2024
Smashed2. Photo: Camille GreenwellSMASHED2Gandini Juggling | PS21, Chatham, NY | July 12, 2024Oranges, watermelons, and juggling! Kati Ylä-Hokkala and Sean Gandini took inspiration for SMASHED2 from...
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Day for Night, for All
Day for Night. Photo: Liz DevineThe July 21 performance of Pam Tanowitz’s premiere, Day for Night, encapsulated the best of summer in the city, with the weather cooperating. A buzzy premiere by one of...
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Kaatsbaan Celebrates Dance, from Tap to Genomes
Music From The Sole. Photo: Jack BaranKaatsbaan’s annual festival is a work in progress, this year spanning four weeks starting in September. Reliance on the uncovered outdoor Mountain Stage, with its...
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Wishing For More Than New
La Boutique. Photo: Kyle Froman.Watching La Boutique, a new work by Gemma Bond for ABT's 2024 fall season, I pondered the purpose of ballet commissions. Are they simply to stay alive, in some respects,...
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Paul Taylor's Family Tree Grows
Jessica Ferretti in Vive La Loie!. Photo: Whitney BrowneLegacy in modern dance has been a subject of perpetual interest for me, and the advent of the 2024 Paul Taylor season adds even more intrigue....
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Our Evenings, Alan HollinghurstRoman Year, Andre AcimanIntermezzo, Sally RooneyColored Television, Danzy SennaThe God of the Woods, Liz MooreReal Americans, Rachel KhongThe Editor, Sara FranklinTable...
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New York Notebook, January 2025
Justin Faircloth, Evelyn Lilian Sanchez Narvaez, Wendell Gray II, Jay Carlon. Courtesy New York Live Arts. Photo: Maria BaranovaSuper NothingMiguel GutierrezNew York Live Arts, Jan 12-18, 2025Miguel...
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A New Paquita by Ratmansky
Sara Mearns and Chun Wai Chan and company in the Grand Pas in Alexei Ratmansky’s Paquita. Photo: Erin BaianoAlexei Ratmansky’s new Paquita, premiering at New York City Ballet on February 6, at the...
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Forces of Nature—Huppert, and One-Upping Nature's Wintry Sky
Isabelle Huppert in Mary Said What She Said. Photo: Lucie JanschIn Robert Wilson’s production of Mary Said What She Said at NYU Skirball, Isabelle Huppert commands the stage with a 90-minute monologue...
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Riding the Amazonian Whitewaters
Marzia Memoli, Oliver Greene-Cramer, Daisy Jacobson, Miriam Gittens,Renan Cerdeiro, and Nicole Morris in Diabelli. Photo by Christopher DugganNew York dance audiences are truly spoiled with a panoply...
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Martha Graham Dance Company at 100—Strong Dancers, Dwindling Graham
Xin Ying in Letter to Nobody. Photo: Brian PollockMartha Graham Dance Company performed its annual New York run at the Joyce this year, part of the troupe’s 100th anniversary celebration. It was...
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Dance Then & Now—Ballet at the Stissing Center
Mónica Lima, Elena Zahlmann, Kristina Shaw, Diana Byer, and Julian Donahue in Private Angels. Photo: Patrick TretteneroApril promises spring, but winter clung on over the weekend; Columbia County got...
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Kyle Abraham Shares the Stage
Year. Photo: Carrie SchneiderKyle Abraham, one of the most admired and prolific contemporary dancemakers, took a bold step for his company, A.I.M’s, recent Joyce Theater run. Instead of presenting only...
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