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 [...]
