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Putting Bob Fosse on the same bill with José Limón isn’t typical, but then again neither is “Dancers?? Viewpointe VI,” the Harvard Dance Program’s spring medley of student- and professionally-choreographed pieces that runs tonight and Saturday at the Harvard Dance Center.Susan Larson, producer of the “Dancers?? Viewpointe VI” and administrator of the Harvard dance program, describes the composition of the varied program as a gathering of all the great 20th century American choreographers...
...Cambridge nonprofit organization devoted to celebrating diversity through dance—gave the third and most thrilling performance of the night. The 10 dancers, ranging from ages seven to 14, shook their bodies with a force and rhythm that brought the audience to its feet. The dancers?? coordination was so exact that their jumping made for a veritable bass line. The show continued to gain momentum, but a technical malfunction halted the fifth group of the afternoon midway through its performance. The music for “Traveling Without Moving,” a piece choreographed by Wendy...
...against their faces; when they reached striking distance of each other, they dropped their pages and began circling and lunging at each other like punch-drunk prizefighters. The buoyant strains of No Smoking Orchestra’s “Bubamara” played in the background, giving the dancers?? aggressive posturing a cartoonish quality. The standout performance of the evening was “Shelter,” a solo piece choreographed and performed by Marin J.D. Orlosky ’07, also a Crimson editor. Floating onstage in a rustic muslin skirt, Orlosky launched into...
...Lila K. Gollogly ’04. Countless repetitions of the same tricks—Ochi’s beautiful splits and grand jetés—combined with unchallenging lifts and turns resulted in a boring, awkward choreography that clashed with the music and truly obscured the dancers?? prowess. At this point, the evening took a permanent turn for the better. The third piece, Arleene Monahan’s “Riverdance” was arguably one of the best performances of the night. This large group number truly captured the feeling of riverdancing with...
Renovations to the building have forced two weekly gatherings of dancers??—a tango group and a contradance group—to relocate to a smaller facility in Medford, according to John Gintell, a contradancer who was invited to speak to the Council yesterday at City Hall...