Email Author Deborah Jowitt

2009 Stories by Deborah Jowitt

• X-Ray Spex Plus Mozart: A Night with Karole Armitage

  published March 11, 2009

  When Karole Armitage showed her Drastic-Classicism here in 1981, the dance scene was pretty well mannered. Many adventurous... More >>

• Ohad Naharin Brings the Gaga to BAM in Max

  published March 11, 2009

  When Ohad Naharin, the artistic director of Israel’s Batsheva Dance Company, developed a technique for training dancers and named it Gaga,... More >>

• Paul Taylor Dance Company: Made for Our Delight

  published March 4, 2009

  Paul Taylor's luminous new Beloved Renegade could not, I think, have been made by a younger choreographer. It speaks of an artist's... More >>

• Dean Moss, Yoon Jin Kim, and David Roussève Practice the Art of Displacement

  published March 4, 2009

  In the crosscultural kitchen of postmodern dance drama, it’s sometimes hard to tell whether the chef has embarked on a... More >>

• Douglas Dunn Trips Up the Mind

  published March 4, 2009

  then boss in man? is what Douglas Dunn calls his new dance. What kind of a title is that? Like, you know, what?... More >>

• Meredith Monk Makes the Guggenheim Dance and Sing

  published March 4, 2009

  Why would I, a dance critic, keep reviewing Meredith Monk, now most famous as a vanguard composer and theater artist? Is it because,... More >>

• Doug Varone and Jodi Melnick Swim Deep Rivers

  published February 25, 2009

  Doug Varone’s works sometimes make me think of small rivers on long journeys—rivers that flow serenely, curve to evade an... More >>

• Jill Sigman Goes to ZsaZsaLand; Yvonne Meier’s Homemade Magic

  published February 18, 2009

  To get to ZsaZsaLand, you exit the L train’s Morgan Avenue stop and walk along deserted streets, past shuttered... More >>

• Laura Peterson Rides Lumberob’s Beats; Tiffany Mills Stretches Tomorrow’s Legs

  published February 18, 2009

  Two years ago, Laura Peterson showed a smart little work at Dixon Place called I Love Dan Flavin. She’s still channeling... More >>

• Mooning Over the Miami City Ballet

  published January 28, 2009

  When George Balanchine's Symphony in Three Movements premiered during New York City Ballet's 1972 Stravinsky Festival, shocks of delight... More >>

• Balanchine Gets a Happy-Birthday Ballet

  published January 28, 2009

  Every year on George Balanchine’s birthday, January 22, the New York City Ballet honors him by commissioning at least one new... More >>

• DD Dorvillier and Jeanine Durning Get Curious

  published January 21, 2009

  Questions sometimes overheard during dance performances: “What did all that mean?” and “Did you understand... More >>

• Choreographer David Parsons Roisters Into New Minefields

  published January 14, 2009

  Roll over, Puccini, Donizetti, Bizet! You there, Mozart, get down! Purcell, do you recognize your Dido's lament filtering through the drums in... More >>

• Cedar Lake Freezes While Yoshiko Chuma Thaws

  published January 14, 2009

  “Sleek and powerful.” Words heavily featured in car ads fit the dancers of Cedar Lake like a bespoke suit. All of them... More >>

• The Kirov and Les Ballets C de la B Seen Through the Lens

  published January 14, 2009

  As always, this year’s Dance on Camera presents a cinematic banquet. Co-sponsored by the Dance Films Association and the Film... More >>

• Sugar Salon and Daniel Nagrin Head into the Dark

  published January 7, 2009

  The phrase “dancing in the dark” conjures up visions of romance but also, more ominously, feinting at shadows while... More >>