Dance

Japanese principal soloist takes his bow at this weeklong engagement

Soon after reopening perhaps the world’s most famous theater following an extensive renovation, Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet and Orchestra visit Japan. The weeklong engagement serves as the swan song for the company’s lone Japanese principal soloist, Morihiro Iwata, who retires this year at 41. Iwata joins stars like Ivan Vasiliev and Maria Allash in performing works...

Jan 24, 2012 | No Comments | 1,197 views
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Blending butoh’s stark sensibilities with contemporary dance and ballet

Jan 17, 2012 | No Comments | 870 views
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Insomnia transformed into a dance piece

Jan 13, 2012 | No Comments | 866 views
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Vladimir Malakhov and the Tokyo Ballet in homage to the legendary Russian dancer

Dec 27, 2011 | No Comments | 1,246 views
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Take in some strange dance before Die Pratze closes doors

Dec 20, 2011 | No Comments | 1,263 views
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St Petersburg’s Leningrad State Ballet on a 22nd tour of Japan

Dec 13, 2011 | No Comments | 1,978 views
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Izumi Tanaka’s choreographic creations are as much about shape as movement

Nov 1, 2011 | No Comments | 1,018 views
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For his new adaptation, Bintley draws inspiration from ukiyo-e

Oct 25, 2011 | No Comments | 1,185 views
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The ancient Greek tragedy re-envisioned by butoh dancer Carlotta Ikeda and poet Pascal Quignard

Oct 11, 2011 | No Comments | 1,239 views
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The staged results of a year of Franco-Japanese cultural exchange

Sep 21, 2011 | No Comments | 1,100 views
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Issues of identity and ethnicity in two works set for the intimate Aoyama Round Theater

Aug 25, 2011 | No Comments | 943 views
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A wham-bam sample of Japanese contemporary dance

Aug 11, 2011 | No Comments | 1,314 views
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