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MARCIA B. SIEGEL

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Self singer

Stephen Petronio at the Barbara Leee
“One’s self I sing, a simple separate person. . . . Of physiology from top to toe,” goes one of the Walt Whitman poems set by Rufus Wainwright for Stephen Petronio’s Bloom.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | January 17, 2007

Screen scenes

Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera Festival
One persistent question surrounding the 35th Dance on Camera Festival, which winds up this Saturday at Lincoln Center’s Walter Reade Theater, is “Just what is dance film?” As a category it’s even more accommodating than dance itself.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | January 09, 2007

Wolf love

Marjorie Morgan in Brookline
Marjorie Morgan has extended her musical adventures with a new piece for seven dancers and double bassist.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | December 12, 2006

Darkness with flares

GooSayTen at Zero Arrow, Deborah Butler at Casa Nia
To American eyes, butoh dance is the ultimate in weirdness.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | November 21, 2006

Swans under glass

The Kirov’s anti-extravaganza
The third act of Swan Lake is a ritual, signifying the transfer of royal power.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | November 04, 2008

Stepping right up

Twyla’s Dylan in New York; Rhythm at the Regent
Bob Dylan’s music isn’t the first thing you’d think of as the basis for a dance show.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | November 01, 2006

Monuments and miniatures

Bernstein at Harvard; Central Square weekend
Harvard University’s Music Department and the Office for the Arts celebrated Leonard Bernstein’s work last weekend with “Boston to Broadway,” a festive symposium surrounded by exhibitions and concerts.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | October 17, 2006

Lines and phases

Steve Reich’s 70th at BAM
Lots of people have choreographed Steve Reich’s music.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | October 10, 2006

Clowns in flight

Cirque Du Soleil’s Corteo
Cirque du Soleil's newest production, Corteo, remixes the dazzling Cirque formula of virtuosic physicality, show-biz zaniness, and spectacle.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | September 12, 2006

Mostly Mark

Mozart Dances at Lincoln Center
Mark Morris has worked with the Mostly Mozart Festival before, but this year’s commission from the 40-year-old summer music series posed a large-scale challenge, a full evening of new work.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | August 22, 2006

Balanchinean baubles

Jewels on DVD — and PBS
George Balanchine’s Jewels got a lukewarm critical reception when it premiered in 1967, though the public loved it right off for its triple-threat bravado.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | August 17, 2006

Trifecta

'Three Women Solo’ at Concord
It’s hard to imagine a more diverse assemblage of bodies, temperaments, and performing presences than the roster for this year’s “Three Women Solo” at Summer Stages Dance.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | August 01, 2006

Fusions and effusions

Anna Myer and Karole Armitage at Concord
Performed on the chapel lawn at Concord Academy a week ago Thursday, Anna Myer’s All at Once utilized a sculptural, gestural movement idiom, but it looked more like a ballet than a modern dance.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | July 25, 2006

Links to a legacy

Suzanne Farrell at Jacob’s Pillow
In her Pillow Talk at Jacob’s Pillow last weekend, Suzanne Farrell was asked what she expects of the young dancers who are reviving George Balanchine’s ballets under her direction.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | July 11, 2006

Great music, great dance

Getting inside Twyla Tharp’s Deuce Coupe
An excerpt from Phoenix dance critic Marcia B. Siegel's Howling Near Heaven: Twyla Tharp and the Reinvention of Modern Dance .

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | June 28, 2006

Ones and twos

Marcus Schulkind at Green Street, Java Kawistara! at the Dance Complex
At first, I thought, there’s no way to get a grip on a string of pop songs with a different dancer in each. But by the end of the first set, Ladies Night Out , things were beginning to add up.

By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | June 14, 2006