I imagine that the average viewer of Raimund Hoghe’s work throws their arms together and says,“That’s not dance,” or at the very least loses interest and walks out during the performance (which several dozen spectators did on Saturday night, a remarkable event considering it took place at the forward-thinking Pompidou Center). It’s understandable. If you [...]
Entries from November 2007
November 22, 2007
Dance + Words = Good (Daniel Nagrin, part one)
This winter in Paris, the Centre National de la Danse (CND) invited Daniel Nagrin as a part of a series entitled, “Dance and Resistance,” a set of performances, conferences and colloquiums on political dance activity in New York since the 1930s. The New Dance Group will be highlighted, which was a collective of dancers and [...]
November 22, 2007
Choreographic Decisiveness (Daniel Nagrin, part two)
In these days of post-postmodern dance (can I say that?), a good sense of composition –of craft- is hard to find. I’m beginning to be a little concerned with my own cursory image of “modern dance,” for when I need to reach into my head for a thumbnail portrait of today’s dance works, I pull [...]
