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Despite the discordant sense it evoked, “Break the Eyes” had a technically impressive choreography that was nearly flawlessly executed. Elo manipulated the most classical of movements into provocative, eclectic scenes. Corkscrew leaps and strange coils tested the limits of gravity—and of dancers?? limbs—before the audience...
...this video isn’t distracting enough to carry her along with it. On the upside, she sure is pretty and flexible, and goddamn is she toned. And there is one inspired instant when she sings the words “I love you” and the dancers?? silhouettes become that of a beating heart. It’s kind of cool, but that moment of creativity is fleeting. Perhaps it’s the mediocre singing, the trite lyrics, the excessive dancing, or the fact that she just seems to be having too much...
From the classic works of Balanchine to modern pieces choreographed by students, “Dancers?? Viewpointe VII” brought a high level of artistic performance to the Harvard Dance Center at its premiere last Friday. Orchestrated by Artistic Director Elizabeth Weil Bergmann and put on by the Dance Program of the Office for the Arts at Harvard, the show—which will run through March 3—is a stunning display of precision, grace, and cutting-edge choreography. The performance starts wonderfully with an excerpt from Balanchine’s exquisite...
...choreography, and the music (both traditional and modern Bhangra) were all well chosen. Unfortunately, the other effect employed—having someone offstage occasionally shout to accompany different segments of the dance—was less effective, serving more to distract viewers from the dance than to complement the dancers?? movements. This was followed by “Sway,” a charged Latin style dance self-choreographed by Filip Ilievski, a graduate student at MIT, and Jennifer M. Markham ’07 of Harvard Ballroom. Ilievski and Markham certainly worked the stage, pulling...
Altogether, the dancers?? and orchestra’s reproduction of the pieces in “American Grace” are an impressive artistic success—one that suggests great potential for the Harvard dance community as a whole. The show lives up to its name, both visually and musically...