This time out, Janet Wong’s striking video designs provide an appropriate metaphor for Bill T. Jones’ new work, which “searches deeply for connections” through our individual histories and American history, as it parses the tensions between the ideals of inclusion and unity and the social, cultural and political realities of identity. These in a work in progress containing both flaws and “abundant energy and lyricism.”
Read the rest of critic Byron Woods’ analysis of Another Evening: Serenade/The Proposition, taken from this week’s print edition of The Independent Weekly.
[Ed. note: Brian Howe, a widely ranging culture critic and reporter, writes frequently for the Independent Weekly and other publications. He joins us today as a guest blogger, and responds to the current mainstage offerings of Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and Trisha Brown Dance Company.]
Thursday night’s eclectic showcase, which continues tonight and Saturday, June 14, peaked early for me, with Alwin Nikolais’ incredible Crucible, performed admirably by the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company of Salt Lake City. The dancers stood behind a waist-high, mirrored plane that slanted down toward the audience, so that every visible movement was paralleled by a quivering reflection. The lighting spilled from red to blue to stripes, always tight on the dancers, so they appeared to be hovering holograms in a dark field. Along with the lighting, the fantastic sound design (which featured all the texture and rupture of a Nico Muhly composition) impressed different auras on the spectacle: kaleidoscopic, aquatic, insectile.
We look at exclusive footage from Accumulations, Spanish Dance, and PRESENT TENSE in this video preview of Trisha Brown Dance Company’s ADF performance. The company appears, with the Nikolais Dance Theater,performed by Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, through Saturday night in Page Auditorium.
Lisa Creech Bledsoe on "Notes from IgniteRaleigh: To be a spark, and not to be rickrolled": "Speed dating for the tech set," funny! Nice write up of an incredible event. I'm voting for Scrubby next year. Scrub-by, Scrub-by, Scrub-by!
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DK on "Notes from IgniteRaleigh: To be a spark, and not to be rickrolled": Just moved back to the Triangle from Seattle, which is where Ignite started. It kind of caught on and blew up really fast, and organizers had to keep upping the venue.
I think people have been looking for this kind of cabaret for a while. They like going somewhere and being a crowd together, and it's
Christine Fawley on "Notes from IgniteRaleigh: To be a spark, and not to be rickrolled": A fabulous night highlighting the diversity of talent and intellectual pursuits here in the Triangle. An event like this could be held every month and still barely scratch the surface of the passions of our community.
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