A Choreographer Unafraid of Masterpieces Takes on T.S. Eliot
Pam Tanowitz’s “Four Quartets” brings the poet’s exploration of time and memory to life, with paintings by Brice Marden and music by Kaija Saariaho.
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CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times Turmoil at Lincoln Center: Infighting, Money Troubles, Scrapped Projects
Four leaders in five years. New initiatives that come and go. Financial pressures. The tumult that is challenging Lincoln Center and its future.
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CreditSasha Arutyunova for The New York Times This Angel in America Takes Wing With Help From 5 Shadows
Using intricate choreography and cues, the Angel Shadows — dancers and puppeteers — propel the Angel into the air and operate her heavy wings.
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CreditAndrea Mohin/The New York Times Ashley Bouder, the Feminist Ballerina With a Mission
The Ashley Bouder Project’s goal is to promote the work of women and other underrepresented voices in the slow-to-change world of ballet.
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Credit An Angel Powered by Breath
The Angel in “Angels in America” is supported by five shadows — at the sound of a whooshing exhale the puppeteers manipulate her wings while the dancers lift her into the air.
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Credit Reflection and Refraction on the Bronx River
Audience members will watch Paloma McGregor’s “Building a Better Fishtrap/from the river's mouth” by boat. Here’s a portion of what they will see.
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Credit Folding Bodies Into a Public Space
In “Of Granite and Glass,” the choreographer Catherine Galasso uses the Winter Garden’s marble staircase as a singular stage.
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Credit That ’70s Landscape of Funk
Watch a portion of “Funkedified,” Rennie Harris’s show at the New Victory Theater, about the funk origins of hip-hop dance and culture.
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Credit In ‘Bayadère,’ 24 Breathing as 1
Watch a portion of the hypnotic, otherworldly opening of the “Kingdom of the Shades” section from American Ballet Theater’s “La Bayadère.”
