Email Author Tobi Tobias

2004 Stories by Tobi Tobias

• A Stranger Finds Paradise Is Not All It's Cracked Up To Be

  published December 14, 2004

  In her program note for Yellow, which refers to her Asian ethnicity, Himiko Minato says the piece "explores both the reality and myth of... More >>

• At August Academy, Seasoned Pros Set Young Performers in Motion

  published December 14, 2004

  "New Dances at Juilliard," a yearly project, matches pre-professionals with established choreographers. Ravishingly accompanied, in part, by live... More >>

• Dance

  published December 7, 2004

  The fashion in biography today calls for exorbitant length and the revelation—in the interests of truth, shock value, or both—of what... More >>

• Potent Theatrical Nostalgia Sets Off Dilemmas of Contemporary Life

  published November 9, 2004

  In The Happy Dance (or what started out ok), Monica Bill Barnes constructs an Edwardian vaudeville of enormous charm: Three generations of... More >>

• Singular Soloist Gives New Meaning to the Phrase "Dancing in the Dark"

  published November 2, 2004

  In her eerie, compelling, program-length solo The Mirror, Danish dancer-choreographer Kitt Johnson crawls into the performing space in a... More >>

• Guests From Dance Theatre of Harlem Enhance Less-Than-Eloquent Choreography

  published November 2, 2004

  Henning Rübsam has made fresh, flowing, and expressive solos to Schubert songs. But he burdens his company, Sensedance, with all manner of... More >>

• Built From Everything but the Kitchen Sink, This Cup Still Offers Too Little

  published October 12, 2004

  Laura Ward's new, ambitious, bilingually titled Enredaderas: Entanglements opts for excess at every turn. The piece ranges from archly... More >>

• Dance

  published October 12, 2004

  Kourtney Rutherford, whose résumé adds three years in construction work to familiar dance and drama credits, spins a goofy, macabre... More >>

• Can the Tango Thrive With Add-Ons From Concert Dance and Literature?

  published October 12, 2004

  In Uqbartango, Pablo Pugliese, born into a family of tango pros, entertains the notion that the soul of the genre can be expressed by... More >>

• A Sampler of the New Season Offers a Couple of Must-See-More-Ofs

  published October 5, 2004

  The Base Camp programs in Dancenow/NYC's season-opening movement blitz showcased a total of 85 choreographers. Dusan Tynek stood out for his skill... More >>

• Dance

  published September 14, 2004

  Wisely, the Limón Dance Company doesn't confine its repertory to classics by its founder but extends its welcome to like-minded... More >>

• A Downtown, Latter-Day Firebird, With a Female Hero in Sneakers

  published September 7, 2004

  With her all-grrrl troupe, Decadancetheatre, Jennifer Weber aims to take hip-hop from street to stage. Her latest manifesto, Decadance vs. The... More >>

• Words and Movement Remain Uneasy Partners Despite Handsome Dancing

  published August 31, 2004

  Paul D. Mosley makes a point of allying his choreography with spoken text. In his solo Sitivit Anima Mea, to words by Rilke, he comes to... More >>

• Smuin Promises Simple Fun, Then Unexpectedly Delivers Something More

  published August 24, 2004

  Recently visiting from San Francisco, the 10-year-old, 15-member group makes a swell vehicle for Michael Smuin's vivid, theatrically savvy... More >>

• A Russo-Korean Romeo and Juliet Fails to Do the Star-Crossed Lovers Justice

  published August 10, 2004

  By far the most agreeable part of the Universal Ballet of Korea's local two-night stand in Romeo and Juliet was the young company's... More >>

• Stellar Dancing Enhances Choreography About Problems of Togetherness

  published August 3, 2004

  Astrid von Ussar uses juicy, ferocious movement to create dances exploring, most often, relationships of the heart. Her instinct for people's... More >>

• Heidi Latsky's Latest Show Teeters Between Club and Concert Dancing

  published July 20, 2004

  Heidi Latsky's "Summer Dance Riot," performed in a stifling black-box space with no more floor footage than a walk-in closet, was essentially a... More >>

• Exploring Dance From Another Coast and Another Century

  published July 13, 2004

  Nancy McCaleb's chamber-size, San Diego-based troupe boasts able dancers and thoughtfully conceived productions incorporating striking video... More >>

• Richard Puts the Moves on Martha Graham, Who Emerges Unattainable

  published July 13, 2004

  Since 1996 the actor Richard Move has been impersonating Martha Graham, putting on cabaret-style shows in atmospheric venues, his seductive,... More >>

• Jennifer Muller's Handsome Performers Animate Easy-Watching Dance

  published July 6, 2004

  Formed 30 years ago, Jennifer Muller/The Works pleased audiences averse to the stark rigor and fierce iconoclasm of early postmodernism. Not much... More >>

• Mills Probes Dislocations of Anatomy, Thought, and Feeling, Solo and Partnered

  published June 22, 2004

  Tiffany Mills specializes in violently visceral movement yanked into a disturbing twinship with the flawed neurology that produces spasms of brain... More >>

• Balanchine's Ballets Receive Productions They Deserve in Stagings for His School

  published June 15, 2004

  Some of the most glorious renditions of Balanchine ballets are done for the School of American Ballet's annual showcase of the dancers it's... More >>

• Dance

  published June 15, 2004

  No matter that both your feet are lefties. "Midsummer Night Swing" will get them stepping and gliding with rhythm, grace, and spunk. Just one... More >>

• Parsons Dance Company

  published June 1, 2004

  David Parsons's choreography played second fiddle to the live music that accompanied it. The Ahn Trio—sisters from Korea on piano, violin,... More >>

• Margot Fonteyn in America: A Celebration

  published May 25, 2004

  Serendipitously, the opening of 'Margot Fonteyn in America: A Celebration' took place on what would have been the 85th birthday of the world's... More >>