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Twilight Fringe 3/22/25
Twilight Fringe 3/22/25 Third Space Dance Project Twilight Fringe is a recurring dance showcase presented by Third Space Dance Project. Third Space is a non-profit arts organization dedicated to providing more performance opportunities for local dancers. This has...
Frida
Company: Ballet Arizona Choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Performers: Leticia Endler, Helio Lima, Alli Chester, Katelyn May, Cheyenne You, Luis Corrales, Atsunari Matsuyama, Randy Pacheco, Ethan Price, Luis Olivera, Serafin Castro, Nayon Iovino, Trey Puckett,...
Yellow
I used to think that I would consider the dance performances that I saw, whether separately or presented together in an evening, and then select the best ones to review – all with no particular criteria to do so. Perhaps it has occasionally worked out that way, but...
Off to On
Company: Valkyrie Yao Choreographer: Valkyrie Yao Performers: Valkyrie Yao, Dean Saifullin The initial presentation of this piece was visually arresting. A lone figure in one corner of the stage, stood immobile, wrapped like a mummy in a long, continuous, red...
The Space Between
Company: Ballet Etudes Choreographer: Amy Wudel Performers: Mikayla Bryan, Katie May Chen, Whitney Dana, Abby Foster, Melina Garry, Sarah Girard, Anna Inwards, Chloe Johnson, Kyrene Miller, Kirstyn Rodgers, Lara Schreck, Hazel Sherwood, Kadence Spanovich, Isla...
We Rise
Company: Desert Dance Theatre Choreographer: Anandha Ray Performers: Angela Bass, Lisa R. Chow, Renee Davis, Trinity Gracia, D. Daniel Hollingshead, Caroline Liddicoat, Rayshawn Watkins I love me some post-apocalypse, and that’s the immediate vibe I got from We Rise....
Shoonya Haasyam
Choreographers: Srimathy Mohan, Anthony Spaulding Company: Silambam Phoenix, Convergence Ballet Company Performers - Silambam Phoenix: Vaibu Mohan, Sahana Balaji, Ananya Kondapally, Ananya Kumar, Ananya Iyer, Sinchana Keshav, Saathvika Vegasina, Chinmayi Giddigam,...
SMoCA – Three Parallels + Four Shades
Three Parallels + Four Shades is an artistic collaboration sponsored by Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA). It celebrated Phillip K. Smith’s Three Parallels, a large-scale, site specific work incorporating light and color which was ending a year-long run as...
Match Girl
Company: Scorpius Dance Theatre Choreographer: Lisa Starry Performers: Kalli Sparish, Xavier Brown, Martha Hernandez, Lisa Hammond, Tawny Hyster, Nicholas McEntire, Alexander Patrick, Brayan Perez, Travis Richardson, Amber Robins, Victor Vela I didn’t realize how...
Arizona Dance Festival 2023
Arizona Dance Festival 203 was two full evenings of unrelenting talent, and while there were too many fine performances to mention, mention several I shall. Step’s Junk Funk morphed into a three-some, adding in-your-face primary colors and some flavorful breaking in...
BlakTinx Dance Festival 2023
It is one thing to see a gem in isolation, interesting and lovely to be sure - but to see a collection of gemstones is to open your eyes to a range of shapes and colors that will enlarge your understanding and appreciation of these rare objects. The carefully juried...
The Effusive Descent
Choreographer: Caitlin Rose Performers: Carmen Alcantara, Angela Bass, Sienza Chandler, Ignacio Jara, Lauren Jimenez, Addison Lintz, Caitlin Rose If you were at the Bolshoi (I wasn’t), and saw a line of ballerinas (I didn’t), each extend an arm from their side, you...
Here / No Goodbyes (excerpt)
Choreographer: Keith A. Thompson Company: danceTactics performance group Performers: Shawn Brush, Aidan Feldman The published program for this piece did not provide any insights into its intent, origin or content, other than a lengthy (and impressive) bio of...
Found
Choreographer: Sam Arrow Performers: Sam Arrow, Ignacio Jara “Surprise” is a word seriously overworked and I resist using “gentle” in almost any context, but I have to stretch for adjectives to describe the range of what I saw and felt with Sam Arrow’s presentation of...
Are You With Me
Company: Rosenkrans Dans Choreographer: Angela Rosenkrans in collaboration with the dancers Performers: Chanel Craig, RaShawn Hart, Herschel Jackson A priest could mumble the mass in street clothes, and while that may be heard on high, it has nowhere near the...
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