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23 April 2013

Dancers, meet the museum world. Museums: consider dance.

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Dancing with the Art World, a two-day symposium that convenes a working group of artists, choreographers, curators, and historians to structure a space for critical reflection on the recent interface between dance and the visual arts. [...]

18 March 2013

Ornette Coleman via Shirley Clarke via Ross Lipman

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A screening of “Ornette: Made in America” a documentary by Shirley Clarke this coming weekend at the Billy Wilder Theater hosted by UCLA Film & Television Archive. [...]

26 November 2011

The courage of Sara Wookey

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Concerns an open letter published by performer/choreographer Sara Wookey relating to a performance at the MOCA gala in which nude dancers went on display before rich museum patrons — for $150. [...]

11 May 2011

Yo Martha, Martha Graham! Yvonne Rainer wants to teach you something.

happy 117th birthday martha graham. try learning something new from yvonne rainer, martha. [...]

8 May 2010

The eyes have it …

Every choreographer works differently. But I’ve found I enjoy dance work that has a vivid engaged facial expression. Sidi Larbi Cherkauoui’s “Orbo Novo” performed by Cedar Lake Dance Friday night lacked this. [...]

5 March 2010

Readers zero in on Mostel

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arts•meme readers enjoy the memory of the great zero mostel [...]

5 October 2009

Yvonne Rainer, filmmaker

Five of Yvonne Rainer’s early, b/w, all-silent, experimental films, dated 1966 – 69, transfer components of fine dance composition to film. Rolling out in delicious anti-time and shot in a granular black and white, the director deploys a choreographer’s skill in maneuvering time, space, and object. [...]