Choral Arts’ praise of Mary
Richard Sparks would be proud of the choir he formed and nurtured. Since 2007, Choral Arts has continued to bloom … Continue reading Choral Arts’ praise of Mary
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PNB’s Modern Masterpieces Lives Up to the Hype
The only question about Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Modern Masterpieces program (at McCaw Hall through March 24) is at which point your soul may incandesce. My instinct is that this is likely to occur in the second half, during Ulysses Dove’s Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven or Twyla Tharp’s In the Upper Room, with its spectacular use of the “fog of minimalism.” Continue reading PNB’s Modern Masterpieces Lives Up to the Hype
Seattle Dance Project’s 5th Program Takes on Brahms & Body Image
Who am I to disagree with Sandra Kurtz, when she calls out the success of Hutchinson’s Liebe, Lust und Liede? So I won’t. Hutchinson is a founding member of the Mark Morris Dance Company, which is at this point in modern dance a lot like being a Knight of the Round Table. Using Brahms’ Liebeslieder waltzes — which in turn employ lyrical poetic outcries sung live by Inverse Opera–Hutchinson stages a formal dinner party where the tensions of love and attraction refuse to remain subtextual. Continue reading Seattle Dance Project’s 5th Program Takes on Brahms & Body Image