With Catlike Tread: Tap Dancer Jason Samuels Smith at the Joyce Theater

Written by City Arts on June 28, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Arts our town, Arts our town downtown, Arts west side spirit, Dance, Our Town, Our Town Downtown, West Side Spirit

by VALERIE GLADSTONE Jason Samuels Smith electrifies the stage with the grace and fierceness of a cat. The heir of Gregory Hines, he pushes the boundaries of tap, with a sure grasp of its history and potential. Only 31, Smith has already won numerous awards, including the 2009 Dance Magazine Award, an Emmy for a television
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All Along the Lines

Written by City Arts on May 3, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Our Town, West Side Spirit

Alonzo King’s Ballet at the Joyce BY VALERIE GLADSTONE When Alonzo King established LINES Ballet in 1982 in San Francisco, few believed he could maintain a new company in the city where the San Francisco Ballet had long captured the area’s ballet audience. Moreover, King did not conform to the typical ballet artistic director—he grew up
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Stephen Petronio Company at the Joyce

Written by admin on March 7, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film

By Janet Allon The veteran, and yet still youthful, choreographer Stephen Petronio opened his short run at the Joyce last night. It was both a star-studded affair, and a performance filled with athleticism and extraordinary, sometimes challenging beauty. Petronio, who describes himself as the bastard child of modern dance pioneers Steve Paxton and Trisha Brown,
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