Articles

Listening for Histories

Stein’s crew raise and reground curving mahogany pews. I see the work of establishing and resettling a congregation, cultural shifts in urban America.
September 15, 2013
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Leaving Stable Grounds

[I]n the shadow of better-funded festivals and venues, is.m drew a group of practitioners that demonstrated an unwavering commitment to their craft.
September 15, 2013
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Rug Burns and A String Quartet

New Street Dance Group’s ChORDED Motion bound its dancers in tangled ribbons, pearls, and strings of thought-- sometimes getting caught up by the limitations of the space.
September 15, 2013
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Choreographing Life

Elegantly, we get tricked, again and again, and we love it in Geoff Sobelle's 'The Object Lesson'.
September 14, 2013
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Life and Times: I love it, I hate it

The directors interviewed their sound designer, asking her to tell her life story. Then they theatricalized it.
September 12, 2013
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Pay Up - Take 1, 2 ,3

The real drama of "Pay Up" doesn't live inside the many rooms, it resides inside the audience choosing to spend their time and money while shuffling through the experience.
September 12, 2013
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Rocky Awards Awash with Babies

Kids anchored the show, emceed by "pregnant" hosts Christina Gesualdi and Annie Wilson. Fish and swimming were themes too.
September 10, 2013
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Horror and Humor in a Fictional Cold-War Society

Issues of cultural stereotyping and the role of choreography within theater simmer to the surface.
September 10, 2013
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