Twyla Tharp
Cheap and Cheerful, Fall for Dance Wows the Crowd
R. O’Connell
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet performs Sweet Fields.
Let’s face it: The annual Fall for Dance phenomenon—six separate programs at the City Center over 10 days—isn’t aimed at critics. Just about everything about it is geared to be popular, and why not? That’s what City Center was intended for when the city took it over in lieu of unpaid taxes in 1943. Affordable art for everyone—that was the mandate for both New York City Ballet and New York City Opera in their early, City Center days. In 1948, when people like me started going to see Balanchine, tickets in the top balcony cost $1.20 (at intermission we sneaked down to the almost empty orchestra). read more »
A Fresh Breeze at Ailey; New Faces in Nutcracker
Paul Kolnik
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater perform Twyla Tharp
Forget that great tree at Rockefeller Center: We dance-lovers know it must be Christmas because Alvi read more »
Don't Think Twice, Twyla- It's Not Remotely All Right
The other night, I was in Elaine’s in search of a little solace when an old friend came by and sai read more »
Don’t Think Twice, Twyla— It’s Not Remotely All Right
Bruce Glikas
Michael Arden in Twyla Tharp
The other night, I was in Elaine’s in search of a little solace when an old friend came by and read more »
Another Slice of Elo; A Sweet Morris Returns
Gene Schiavone
Carmen Corella, Michele Wiles and Marian Butler in Mark Morris
City Ballet got one last season, and now A.B.T. read more »
Smuin's Pointless Nostalgia; Hubbard Street's Sheer Joy
Todd Rosenberg
Christopher Bruce's Rooster, as performed by Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.
It’s not often you go to the ballet and see something with absolutely no redeeming value, but read more »
Unpredictable Twyla Comes in All Sizes
What is Twyla Tharp telling us with her current spur-of-the-moment season at the Joyce? read more »
Forget the Story: Twyla's No Talk, All Action
When it comes to reviewing ballet, publishing an anthology of the 20th century's best lyrics, editin read more »
Twyla Tharp's America Takes Over Broadway
Twyla Tharp once said to me, "George Balanchine is God." She herself doesn't seem interested in bein read more »
Twyla Tharp Back Yet Again With New Company, New Home
Has there ever been a dance career with more ups and downs than Twyla Tharp's? read more »
