Category: dance

“The concept for Daybreaker came about in 2013 inside a Brooklyn falafel shop. Founders Radha Agrawal and Matthew Brimer were musing over their night of dancing when they had the idea to take the energy and inclusiveness of the nightclub scene and infuse it into the weekday morning routine.”

“It is a sign of Baryshnikov’s confidence in his director” – Robert Wilson – “that he has agreed to play Nijinsky, a role that has been suggested to him ‘at least 15 times’ in his life and which he had always turned down.” (One f those invitations came from no less than Ingmar Bergman.)

Israel Galván’s Lo Real/Le Réel/The Real “is tipped to be a highlight of the Edinburgh international festival this summer. Yet back in Madrid, something about its subject matter or discordant style so outraged the audience that they began chanting insults and calling for the performers to leave the stage.”

“The students don’t believe you when you say it’s not good enough. Don’t take on board how hard you have to concentrate in class. Don’t warm up. Don’t get that you shouldn’t have to tell them more than twice. They just don’t really listen.”

“Karine Newborn knew she wanted to be a professional dancer since watching her mother dance as a little girl in Paris. Her career as a dancer took a sharp turn though after suffering an injury while performing on Broadway. The single mother and dancer found herself unable to continue her career as a dancer, putting her in a financial bind.”

“In a land where winter sports rule, Kailah Macri’s double axels – on roller skates – haven’t exactly made her a household name.” (includes video)

“The reflection in the mirror shows a wiry body tightly tensed, with a tattooed chest and hair tied up in two afro bunches. He lifts his shoulder and starts to twist it almost out of its socket, muscles knobbling and bulging, until it looks like something extraterrestrial.”

Whelan (48): “Contemporary dance is a completely different way of thinking and moving. I’m already smitten by it.” Ferri (52): “It took courage to dive back in … [But] it didn’t feel like a job this time. The passion was so pure it gave me the strength to work through the physical difficulties and the pain.”

“And, as it turns out, there’s been lots of [sociological study] done on male strippers who dance for women. With the opening of Magic Mike XXL yesterday, we thought this would be a good time to review the research.”

Elizabeth Streb: “I am a criminal, and we are a blunt instrument charging forward.” Says one of her company members, “You’d better be able to look fear in the face and not run.”