Vertigo Dance Company One. One & One PS21 Review by Seth Rogovoy (CHATHAM, N.Y., July 28, 2022) – One. One & One by Vertigo Dance Company begins with sounds of rain and dirt being shoveled and dogs barking off in the distance. The curtain opens to reveal a woman standing with her back to us,…
BARD SUMMERSCAPE 2022 SONG OF SONGS (world premiere) Pam Tanowitz and David Lang Fisher Center July 1-3, 2022 Review by Seth Rogovoy (ANNANDALE-on-HUDSON, N.Y., July 2, 2022) – The Biblical Song of Songs, alternatively called Song of Solomon and, in Hebrew, Shir ha-Shirim, has inspired countless works of art over the centuries. This largely erotic…
THE DAY Wendy Whelan + Maya Beiser + Lucinda Childs + David Lang Doris Duke Studio Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Becket, Mass. Friday, August 2, 2019 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – THE DAY is often discussed in context with the events of 9/11 (September 11, 2001). While there may be certain…
The Principles of Uncertainty by John Heginbotham and Maira Kalman Jacob’s Pillow Dance Becket, Mass. August 26, 2017 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – The curtain came down this past weekend in the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow Dance on the world premiere of “The Principles of Uncertainty,” a wild and wacky collaboration…
Wendy Whelan/Brian Brooks/Brooklyn Rider “Some of a Thousand Words” Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival July 27-31, 2016 by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 29, 2016) – There was no doubt about it – while choreographer/dancer Brian Brooks and hot young string quartet Brooklyn Rider are stars in their own right, it was Wendy Whelan’s night…
Dorrance Dance with Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely ‘The Blues Project’ Jacob’s Pillow Dance Ted Shawn Theatre July 3, 2015 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass.) – Dorrance Dance teamed with Toshi Reagon and her band, BIGLovely, last week on the mainstage at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival for an exciting, dynamic program that was equal…
Review by Anna Rogovoy, for Dance Pulp (BROOKLYN, N.Y.) – Pina Bausch has a gift for holding up a beautiful mirror and gently showing us how ridiculous we look. In Kontakthof, scenes unfold wildly out of proportion, with hysterical shrieks meeting compulsive preening meeting a fake mouse corpse. “There are dancers onstage,” Anna Wehsarg comments…
LeeSaar The Company Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Becket, Mass. Wednesday-Sunday, August 20-24, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., Thursday, August 21, 2014) – They apparently saved the best for last this season at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, as LeeSaar The Company dazzled in its evening length production of “Grass and Jackals” in the…
Dance Heginbotham and Brooklyn Rider Featuring Shara Worden and Gabriel Kahane Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Doris Duke Theatre Becket, Mass. Wednesday, July 30, 2014 – Sunday, August 3, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 31, 2014) – There was a lot going on – a lot to see, a lot to hear, a…
Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group Moses(es) Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Doris Duke Theatre July 9-13, 2014 Review by Seth Rogovoy (BECKET, Mass., July 9, 2014) – There are nearly as many Moseses as there are cultures or ethnicities. Christian denominations each view him somewhat differently; historians may see him as the original founder…
