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Shen Yun

by The Staff May 8, 2013

Shen Yun is what could safely be described as a “really big show.” There are platoons of dancers, video projection, and a live orchestra, all dedicated to bringing to life 5,000 years of Chinese cultural traditions. ...

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Pilobolus

by The Staff April 18, 2013

Pilobolus are a modern dance troupe who have been around long enough—since 1971, specifically—to be called “venerable.” Yet they remain fresh, searching out new ideas and collaborations. Last year, for example, they were Grammy nominated ...

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Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal

by The Staff February 28, 2013

The acclaimed Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal company return to Western Massachusetts this weekend for two shows at MASS MoCA. The company won raves when they performed at Jacob’s Pillow in 2010; the Times Union’s ...

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Brian Brooks Moving Company

by The Staff February 6, 2013

When the Brian Brooks dance company premiered Big City, the showpiece work of Friday night’s performance at the Egg, at last spring’s Gotham Dance Festival, the critical reactions were revealing. One saw the everyday hustle ...

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Motionhouse

by The Staff January 31, 2013

Proctors’ Mainstage will become a staging ground for “highly physical dance theater” this Saturday evening when the Motionhouse dance company bring their production Scattered to town. Our relationship with water and water’s place in the ...

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So You Think You Can Dance Tour 2012

by The Staff November 15, 2012

There is a place for reality TV shows in which appalling people do amusing things; everyone likes a nice train wreck. But the most engaging reality shows involve talent and skill—and we don’t mean a ...

Palace Theatre

4Walls

by The Staff November 15, 2012

Dancer, choreographer and multimedia artist Ralph Lemon will bring his latest work, 4Walls, to one of the EMPAC studios this weekend. According to the program notes, it’s a live, multimedia dance installation that “provides four ...

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David Dorfman Dance

by The Staff October 17, 2012

The New York City-based David Dorfman Dance Company are coming to the Egg tomorrow night with their latest project, Prophets of Funk. Whenever someone promises to “bring the funk,” let alone present themselves as a “prophet ...

The Egg

Ruby Anniversary & Fall Dance Preview

by Shawn Stone September 13, 2012

“We’re at the 40th anniversary. It doesn’t seem possible.” It’s been 40 years since Maude Baum was one of a group of enthusiastic young artists who helped create eba, and then went on to found the ...

eba Theater

Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company

by The Staff August 23, 2012

The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company call Albany’s Egg home, but this weekend they’re taking their act on the road to Scotia’s Freedom Park. The acclaimed company (winner of Best Dance Company in this year’s Best Of ...

Freedom Park

Miriam

by The Staff August 23, 2012

Nora Chipaumire’s work-in-progress Miriam, which will be performed Saturday evening at MASS MoCA, is the choreographer-performer’s first character-driven work. Miriam was inspired by “the writings of Joseph Conrad and Chenjerai Hove, the life of South ...

Mass Moca

Film Festival of Dance

by The Staff June 21, 2012

Gotta dance! In collaboration with five other organizations, Saratoga Film Forum is presenting an excellent program of dance movies tonight through Sunday. Tonight (Thursday, June 21) at 7:30 PM, the festival kicks off at Saratoga Arts’ ...

Saratoga Film Forum

Mimulus

by The Staff June 14, 2012

“This was dance with a human face, and superhuman energy.” So wrote the critic for The New York Times about the Mimulus company’s fondly remembered 2007 debut at Jacob’s Pillow. “For an hour . . . ...

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Maude Baum and Company Dance Theatre

by The Staff May 16, 2012

Time flies when you’re making wonderful art. This weekend, join Maude Baum and Company Dance Theatre at eba to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the Ruby Spring Salon Concerts. (FYI: The “ruby” is the appropriate ...

eba Theater

Next Move

by The Staff March 29, 2012

Next Move: Festival of Modern Dance returns with a two-night stand at the GE Theatre at Proctors—and you’re going to want to see both shows. Curated by Ellen Sinopoli, Next Move is a showcase for four ...

GE Theatre at Proctors

Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company

by The Staff January 19, 2012

The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company’s recent (December) sojourn at the Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in Tivoli yielded two completed works, both of which will premiere tomorrow (Friday) night at the Egg. The performance also celebrates ...

The Egg

Shake!

by B.A. Nilsson October 19, 2011

Shaker leader Ann Lee, who emigrated from England in 1774 with eight followers, was known to her followers as “Mother Ann,” an ironic designation when you consider that she never cared for sexual activity and ...

Proctors

Fall Arts Listings

by The Staff September 15, 2011

Pop Music Bearsville Theater 291 Tinker St., Woodstock, (845) 679-4406. Sept. 26: the Bruce Katz Band. Sept 30: Bearsville Session #4—Motown. Oct. 3: Kate Taylor. Oct. 10: Jay Collins and the Kings County Band. Oct. 14: Stephen Stills. ...

Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM

by The Staff June 29, 2011

In Dark Matters, the work to be performed at Jacob’s Pillow by the “sensational” Kidd Pivot Frankfurt RM company, a lonely artist creates a loose-limbed puppet. From the moment of creation, things don’t go so ...

Jacob's Pillow

Nicole Beutler

by The Staff March 30, 2011

EMPAC will offer a performance piece double-header tonight (Thursday) and Friday with two works by German-born, Amsterdam-based choreographer-author Nicole Beutler. It’s dance and theater combined, with dinner in between: Beutler supplies the performances and EMPAC ...

Russian National Ballet Theatre

by The Staff March 17, 2011

As Russian ballet companies go, the Russian National Ballet Theatre are the new kids on the block. They were formed in the late 1980s as the Soviet National Ballet; since 1994, they have operated under ...

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