7 Dance Performances To See In N.y.c. This Weekend

BRIAN SCHAEFER, NY Times: Dance
Thu, 05/10/2018 - 3:47pm

Our guide to dance performances happening this weekend and in the week ahead.

Topics: dance

critic’s pick: Review: Why Dance? ‘Fame Notions’ Suggests It’s a Private Matter
Gillian Walsh’s latest work, with uncompromising slowness and repetition, distills the endlessness of the dancer’s quest. More
Critic’s notebook: Amar Ramasar Returns to Bravos but Also to Questions
Part of a texting scandal that rocked City Ballet, Mr. Ramasar, performing in his old, ebullient manner, seemed a little clueless. More
Critic’s Pick: Review: Absent for 29 Years, Pina Bausch’s ‘Macbeth’ Dance Returns
“He Takes Her by the Hand and Leads Her Into the Castle, the Others Follow” is a long meditation on the themes of Shakespeare’s tragedy. More
Critic’s notebook: 2 Batsheva-Bred Choreographers, Speaking in Their Own Tongues
Shamel Pitts and Bobbi Jene Smith, veterans of Ohad Naharin’s company, showed their distinctive dance voices in New York performances. More
‘More Than Pretty Dances’: Alexei Ratmansky’s Alliance With Ballet Theater
Over 10 years, American Ballet Theater has become fluent in the style of Mr. Ratmansky, whose new work will be unveiled at the spring gala. More
Caught in the Middle of #MeToo: Unions That Represent Accusers and Accused
From the shop floors of factories to ballet’s grandest stages, unions are rethinking how they balance their responsibilities in sexual harassment cases. More

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Review: Limbs Hook Onto Limbs as Bodies Endlessly Intertwine
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