by Les | Nov 7, 2021 | Arizona Dance Festival - Tempe 10/22-23/21 |
Company: Diane McNeal Hunt / Elevate DanceWorks Choreographer: Diane McNeal Hunt Performer: Margie Romero Wolf In commemorating the passing of Deborah Pualani Blackmon, who was long associated with the local dance community, choreographer Diane McNeal Hunt seems to...
by Les | Nov 7, 2021 | Arizona Dance Festival - Tempe 10/22-23/21 |
Company: AlignDance Theatre / Kinetic Studio Choreographer: Wendy Ellis Performers: Maria Biondo, Caroline Biondo With Les Image Du Temps, Wendy Ellis has turned a simple idea into high concept. Before I address that concept directly, I have to say that for me,...
by Les | Nov 7, 2021 | Arizona Dance Festival - Tempe 10/22-23/21 |
Company: Desert Dance Theatre Choreographer: Lisa R.Chow Performers: Erik Canales, George A. Johnson, Caroline Liddicoat, Jennifer Milani This piece was unique for me in that it presented a true collaboration between the dancers and live, improvisational music....
by Les | Nov 7, 2021 | Arizona Dance Festival - Tempe 10/22-23/21 |
Company: Armondo Decoy Munoz Choreographer: Armondo Decoy Munoz Performer: Decoy Surprisingly, given the popularity of “street” dance forms, there were no other companies or performers in this category at the Arizona Dance Festival. This was probably...
by Les | Nov 7, 2021 | Arizona Dance Festival - Tempe 10/22-23/21 |
Company: Instinct Dancecorps / SCC Dance Choreographer: Kim Davis Performers: Seth Abkemeier, Jay Garcia, Elva Howard, Maddie McDonald, Lexi Montoya, Kaylee Phipps Understudies: Camila Maldonado, Caroline Young Fraying at the Edges opened with a male/female duet...
by Les | Nov 7, 2021 | Arizona Dance Festival - Tempe 10/22-23/21 |
Company: Step’s Junk Funk Choreographer: Step Raptis Performers: Step Raptis, Lisa Chow While Step Raptis is the acknowledged master of found sound and the captain of the showboat, his accomplice, Lisa Chow, is no slouch. Decades of dance have steeped her...
by Les | Nov 7, 2021 | Arizona Dance Festival - Tempe 10/22-23/21 |
Company: Collaboration – Nicole Bradley Browning and Mary Fitzgerald Choreographers: Nicole Bradley Browning and Mary Fitzgerald Performers: Nicole Bradley Browning and Mary Fitzgerald You simply can’t characterize this performance without referring to the...
by Les | Nov 7, 2021 | Arizona Dance Festival - Tempe 10/22-23/21 |
Company: Suspended Fluidity Choreographer: Jen James Performer: Jen James Sometimes I think aerial performance is to dance as glass blowing is to sculpture. Each can be so inherently beautiful that even mistakes are interesting and hard to detect. It’s...
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