Mostly Marvelous Malpaso Delights at Chautauqua Institution [REVIEW]
Malpaso Dance CompanyChautauqua InstitutionChautauqua, NYJuly 9, 2025 By Steve Sucato Arguably Cuba’s best-known contemporary dance export in the United States, Malpaso Dance Company, returned to the Chautauqua Institution for its first mainstage Amphitheater performance on July 9, which featured a triple bill of repertory works. The 9-member troupe opened its performance to a partially filled Amphitheater audience with New York City-based b-girl Ephrat Asherie’s “Floor… … Continue reading Mostly Marvelous Malpaso Delights at Chautauqua Institution [REVIEW]
2nd Best Dance Company Presents ‘Light Labor’
By Hannah Garner 2nd Best Dance Company blends humor and tragedy while tackling big topics through“rigorous, inventive movement and wit” (Dance Magazine). The company brings its signaturestyle to Red Hook with a physically rigorous, sometimes virtuosic, almost always slapstick workentitled Light Labor. This evening-length work walks the fuzzy, shag-carpet line between dance performance andnarrative play, leaning into both text and movement to wonder how we … Continue reading 2nd Best Dance Company Presents ‘Light Labor’
Heavenly Bodies [REVIEW]
Chamber Dance Project – Red AngelsSidney Harman HallWashington, D.C.June 25-27, 2025 By Steve Sucato Washington, D.C.’s 100° June weather wasn’t the only thing generating heat in the city. Chamber Dance Project’s 11th annual D.C. summer season production, “Red Angels,” produced its own scorching intensity as one of this summer’s early triumphs. Founded in 2000 in New York City by artistic director Diane Coburn Bruning and relocated … Continue reading Heavenly Bodies [REVIEW]
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