Alain Buffard restored my faith in singing and dancing on stage. With (Not) a love song, he serves us the fancy cocktail we secretly desire (pure, shameless spectacle) mixed with its antidote (wry, off-beat humor). In doing so, he avoids all the labels one normally tags on the musical comedy: cheesy, cheeky, corny, cliché… and [...]
Entries from December 2007
December 7, 2007
Gwen Welliver, I miss you!
As any technique class taker knows, a superb, experienced dancer does not necessarily make a good pedagogue. This has been my major frustration taking drop-in courses here in Paris, at the Centre National de la Danse. The CND offers technique classes to professionals at the state-subsidized rate of five euros (fantastic!) and draws in dancers [...]
