The documentary ‘Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan’ takes us through her battle with a painful hip injury, her inner battles over her career and through her final performance with NYCB and the beginnings of a new chapter in her life. Continue reading Leaving Neverland – Film Review of ‘Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan’
The program will conclude with a reprise of Mark Morris’ clever masterwork “Sandpaper Ballet” (1999), set to the music of American composer Leroy Anderson. Continue reading Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s Annual Free Show at Hartwood Acres includes a Premiere
By Steve Sucato Dancemakers have always sought to take the art form in new directions. Developing new techniques and styles, pushing the boundaries of what is considered dance … and even, in recent decades, beginning to view dance as “creative science.” Choreographer Elizabeth Streb, for instance, has worked with engineers at MIT to find new ways of testing the human body’s physical limitations, while choreographer … Continue reading Neuroscience and the Age of Enlightenment come together in Wayne McGregor/Random Dance’s ‘Far’
