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29 June 2009

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Visions of Israel inevitably surface while watching “Decadance,” Ohad Naharin’s perennial greatest-hits collection of choreographic output since the 1980s. [...]

25 June 2009

Death of a great dancer

24 June 2009

Emanuel Gat, cool choreographer

Dance review of Emanuel Gat, cool Israeli choreographer. [...]

16 June 2009

arts•meme to attend summer dancefest

Big news for arts•meme  . . . and an honor.

I am joining one dozen dance writers from across the country as a fellow at the 2009 National Endowment for the Arts “Dance Journalism Institute” held at the American Dance Festival at Duke University. Starts 20 June.

Over the course of the three-week in-residence program, I expect to view and write about [...]

14 June 2009

film noir francais

Alain Delon plays the sinister Tom Ripley in Rene Clement’s brilliant 1960 version of Patricia Highsmith’s “The Talented Mr. Ripley” called Plein Soleil. [...]

11 June 2009

Liza with a Z at “Last Remaining Seats”

To sit in the faded remains of downtown’s glamorous vintage theaters, chock-a-block with an excited, engaged, clapping, laughing, appreciative audience, watching classic films as they are meant to be projected is a fantastic experience. That’s the Last Remaining Seats. [...]