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Boston Ballet: falling Awake

Almost every dance by Jorma Elo opens with men rushing from the wings and erupting in big, climactic leaps.

By: DEBRA CASH | October 31, 2012

Ryan Casey and Lorraine Chapman: looking up, looking back

Lexington native Ryan P. Casey makes audiences look way, way up: at 6' 9", this fresh-faced 21-year-old senior at NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study has already appeared on So You Think You Can Dance , and performed with tap innovator Michelle Dorrance.

By: DEBRA CASH | October 31, 2012

Heavenly creatures

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Apsara are the heavenly dancers of Khmer mythology, the shape-changing nymphs whose bas-relief images have adorned the walls of the temple of Angkor Wat since the 12th century.

By: DEBRA CASH | October 25, 2012

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Lar Lubovitch dance company at the Citi Shubert Theatre

Originally a visual artist, choreographer Lar Lubovitch "paints the music in space" so that the stage acts as a vibrant canvas and his ensemble often coheres in a single robust or mesmerizing gesture.

By: DEBRA CASH | October 17, 2012

Sequence 8: Out of the Box

When acrobat Colin Davis appears at the beginning of Sequence 8 in the role of a suit-and-tie-wearing radio announcer, a kind of Ira-without-Glasses, he is introducing acrobatics with a meta-narrative.

By: DEBRA CASH | October 02, 2012

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A Glimpse Beyond: Cemetery Gaits

Two newcomers enter the paradisiacal garden that will be their final resting place.

By: DEBRA CASH | September 20, 2012

Ten dance shows for fall

Shooting hoops
Young powerhouse dancer-choreographer Kyle Abraham brings his company to Boston in its area debut.

By: DEBRA CASH | September 19, 2012

Merce Cunningham at the ICA

American angels
When Merce Cunningham started his dance company in 1953, he was a major new force in American Art.

By: LLOYD SCHWARTZ | July 27, 2012

From the Horse's Mouth at Jacob's Pillow and Two Alike at the ICA

Dancing the Y Chromosome
A lot has changed for American men dancers since Jacob's Pillow founder Ted Shawn felt he had to replace the sissified image of the ballet danseur with brawny "tillers of the fields."

By: DEBRA CASH | July 17, 2012

Vertigo at Jacob’s Pillow

Lofty
In 2005, graffiti artist Banksy stenciled the Palestinian side of the concrete separation barrier between Israel and Gaza with the dark silhouette of a little girl lofted upward by a bouquet of balloons.

By: DEBRA CASH | July 11, 2012

Dance events of summer 2012

Shake it up
Shake it up

By: PHOENIX STAFF | June 06, 2012

Mark Morris's Socrates, The Muir, and Festival Dance

Mellow musings
Erik Satie called his vocal work Socrate a "symphonic drama," though it's anything but dramatic in a theatrical sense — or symphonic, either.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | May 22, 2012

Boston Ballet struts Robbins, Lander, and Martins

Free and fancy
It's almost enough to make you nostalgic for World War II.

By: DEBRA CASH | May 15, 2012

Photos: Boston Ballet's Fancy Free

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Boston Ballet performs "Fancy Free" at the Opera House on May 10-20, 2012.

By: ERIC ANTONIOU | May 14, 2012

Joffrey Ballet gets its due

Number three
New York has two great ballet companies, New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater. Any other ballet troupe that wants to put down roots there has to develop a personality that's distinct from those two.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | May 08, 2012

The Boston Ballet’s Don Quixote

Old Don, old tricks
In the long string of ballet productions extracted from Miguel de Cervantes's novel Don Quixote, the delusional Don has become a minor character, charging into situations where he shouldn't go and causing trouble instead of good works.

By: MARCIA B. SIEGEL | May 01, 2012