[new] Trey McIntyre - 'The Sun Road'
by Carmel Morgan -- August 19, 2009, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, Filene Center, Vienna, Virginia
“The Sun Road,” a new work by Trey McIntyre that was created during a residency at White Oak Plantation, premiered on August 19, 2009, at Wolf Trap as part of an original commissioned series called “Face of America,” which honors America’s National Parks. This year’s honoree was Glacier National Park in Montana. The performance amounted to a lifetime achievement award ceremony, but for a park, not a person. By and large the feeling was one of reverence for a beloved place and foreboding about its precarious future.
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Heidi Latsky Dance - 'GIMP'
by Carmel Morgan -- July 22, 2009, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Millennium Stage, Washington, DC
In conjunction with the National Forum on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities, the Kennedy Center, in partnership with the NEA and VSAarts, presented an Alliger Arts and Heidi Latsky Dance production, “GIMP.” The hour-long performance consisted of excerpts from “GIMP,” choreographed and directed by Heidi Latsky; a documentary, “GIMP The Documentary (Work in Process),” directed by Richard Move, which was filmed during a 2008 creative residency at Abrons Art Center in New York City; and a video trailer for “GIMP” edited by Michael Eckblad, which features video footage of the work’s premiere in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2009.
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Nicholas Andre Dance
by Cecly Placenti -- July 10, 2009, Dance Theatre Workshop, New York City
If one of Monet's giant Water Lily paintings could come to life, it would move in the form of Nick Ross' choreography. Infused with scientific exactness and the romance of personal artistic reflection, like those famous canvases, Mr. Ross' choreography hints at the illusion of a never-ending journey, creating the refuge of a peaceful meditation in the midst of a chaotic life.
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Michael Clark - 'Swan Lack' and 'Thank U Ma'am'
by Rosella Simonari -- 26 June 2009, Teatro alle Tese, Venice
Michael Clark’s new work was the result of a European partnership, comprising barbicanbite09, Dance Umbrella (London), La Biennale di Venezia (Venice) and Dansens Hus (Stockholm) within the ENPARTS project – European Network of Performing Arts – and with the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union. It was produced by Dance Umbrella, barbicanbite09, Michael Clark Company, Edinburgh International Festival, Grand Théâtre de la Ville de Luxembourg, and Maison des Arts de Créteil.
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Dance Theatre Workshop - SummerDanz: Emerging Artists
by Cecly Placenti -- Tuesday July 7, 2009, DTW, New York
Dance Theatre Workshop served up a satisfying evening of movement tapas on July 7th with a program both unique and varied. A traditional serving of edible tapas is designed to encourage conversation, in that people are not focused on eating an entire meal but merely picking at the selection to their taste. That was just so in DTW’s SummerDanz sampler of emerging artists, and from the excited murmuring and energetic applauding of the crowd, it did what it was designed to do flawlessly.
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Royal Ballet - 'Chroma,' 'A Month in the Country' and 'DGV: Danse À Grand Vitesse'
by Carmel Morgan -- June 23, 2009, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Opera House, Washington, DC
There was definitely something different about the Royal Ballet’s visit to Washington, DC, beginning with the announcement to turn off cell phones just prior to the performance, which was delivered in an attractive British accent. Next, Dame Monica Mason, the company’s director, took to the stage and mentioned the fatal subway crash that occurred the day before in the nation’s capital. She dedicated the performance to those who lost their lives in the accident. This was a classy move, as one would expect from those well-mannered people from across the pond.
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Bolshoi Ballet - 'Le Corsaire'

Birmingham Royal Ballet - 'Galanteries,' 'The Dance House' and 'The Dream'
by David Mead -- June 24, 2009, Hippodrome Theatre, Birmingham, UK

Coming: Jacob's Pillow, Diaghilev Exhibition and Rosas.

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