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Reflections on Page and Stage: A Conversation with Wendy Perron
“Our responsibility is to support the field,” Wendy Perron declared to a small crowd of dance writers and community members.
December 20, 2011
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Partial Glossary: Material Construction at the Kelly Writer’s House
Five local dance artists hosted an "artist-process talk." This experimental response reflects the evening's thought-provoking spirit.
December 19, 2011
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Cooking, Cake and Conversation at the LAB
The Live Arts Brewery (LAB) hosts an open showing each month to allow performing artists to receive immediate feedback.
December 14, 2011
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Chouinard #2: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Chouinard’s dancers threw themselves into the choreography and whipped through each phrase like demonic beasts. It’s just too bad Chouinard didn’t mix it up a bit.
December 14, 2011
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Chouinard #3: Marie Chouinard's Creatures
Wearing black bathing suits and hair-dos that brought to mind tentacles or caterpillars, Chouinard’s ten dancers gasped, writhed, spoked, stamped, and slithered through the company’s impassioned performance.
December 14, 2011
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Chouinard #4: Instructed by Creature
A troupe of aliens arrives in our midst. They are muscular, flightless bird creatures, and the first thing they hear is Chopin.
December 14, 2011
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Chouinard #5: Ballet on Hyperdrive
I’m always curious what will happen when a singular performer makes work for a big troupe. Which qualities will s/he pass along?
December 14, 2011
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