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Boston Ballet's 'Simply Sublime'

Road to the city
Boston Ballet's "Simply Sublime" (at the Opera House through February 19) traverses 20th-century ballet's arc from Russian romance to a robust and confident neoclassicism.
By DEBRA CASH | February 15, 2012

Photos: Boston Ballet's Les Sylphides

Boston Ballet performs at the Opera House
A Boston take on Michel Fokine's 1909 "ballet blanc"
By ERIC ANTONIOU | February 15, 2012

Pinto and Pollak bring Oyster to the Paramount

Carnival of Waifs
All the characters in Oyster, the Israeli show presented by Celebrity Series last weekend at the Paramount, are physically challenged in some way.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | February 07, 2012

Grimes | Visions

Arbutus (2012)
The debut record from Grimes, an alias of the Montreal-based Boucher, kicks off the peculiarity parade by presenting song titles steeped in cutesy affectation.
By REYAN ALI | January 31, 2012

Off the record: The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour | Out of Frequency

BMG Rights (2012)
Getting a boost with songs from their 2009 debut, Fruit , featured in iPod and Heineken ads, and getting handpicked as concert openers by a then-still-functioning Amy Winehouse in their native Copenhagen, the Asteroids Galaxy Tour rode a lucky streak out of the gate.
By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | January 31, 2012

Brite Futures | Dark Past

Turnout (2011)
A few years ago, the cutesy teens in Natalie Portman's Shaved Head slid out of Seattle on the hot pink shoulders of robo-bounce kinda-hit "Me + Ur Daughter" and the cheap intrigue of a ridiculous moniker.
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | January 24, 2012

Review: Crazy Horse

Wiseman behind the scenes at a revered dance institution
In La Danse — The Paris Opera Ballet , Frederick Wiseman looked behind the scenes at a revered dance institution. In his new documentary he examines a dance institution of a different sort, the cabaret bar of the title, a Parisian pop-cultural icon and tourist mecca dedicated to artistically ambitious "nude chic" dancing.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 24, 2012

Monica Bill Barnes at the ICA

Somewhere over the top
When the audience entered the theater at the ICA on Friday night, we saw a wooden table and chairs, set up for a simple meal — possibly breakfast.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | January 24, 2012

Interview: Wim Wenders takes 3D one step further

Pina envy
Some are surprised that Wim Wenders, like fellow veteran of the '70s New German Cinema Werner Herzog, has embraced something as newfangled as 3D.
By PETER KEOUGH | January 18, 2012

Review: Pina

Putting 3D to good use
Who could have predicted that it would take the surviving leading lights of the New German Cinema to put 3D to good use?
By ANN LEWINSON | January 18, 2012

The Big Pink | Future This

4AD (2012)
The Big Pink's name is forgettable and their sound is too generic to describe. Sneering electronic dance-rock heavy on synths and slowed-down '90s rave beats? They might as well be the Klaxons.
By DAN WEISS | January 10, 2012

A strong season of dance and song

Ten to grow on
From the comic to the sublime, with a dash of flamenco, the winter season has it all.
By DEBRA CASH | December 29, 2011

A whirlwind year of dance

From Fela! to Merce
Here's a look at highlights from my year of dance viewing.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | December 20, 2011

Photos: Merce Cunningham Dance Company

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company's last hurrah
Last week, the Merce Cunningham Dance Company gave a farewell performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
By STEPHANIE BERGER & JULIETA CERVANTES | December 14, 2011

Merce Cunningham's long goodbye

Last looks
Expiring dance companies either implode from suppressed internal troubles, or they just peter out quietly.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | December 14, 2011

Photos: The Slutcracker at The Somerville Theatre

December 11, 2011
It's that time again: The all-naughty and no-nice holiday favorite, The Slutcracker, at The Somerville Theatre on December 11, 2011.
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | December 16, 2011

'New' dance — then and now — gets a full airing on Boston's stages, and on film

Cool moves
November brought a dense cluster of dance events to galvanize our thinking about how dancers have re-imagined their craft and challenged their audiences over the past few decades.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | December 06, 2011

Out: Drinking up Soul Clap’s sensuous house fare on Thanksgiving Eve

Home for the holidaze
Meteoric rise would be an understatement regarding the path Boston's most libidinous DJ duo have taken over the past few years.
By MICHAEL C. WALSH | November 29, 2011

Fusionworks unveils its new moves

Viva la difference!
Once again abiding by their motto — "Different is good " — Fusionworks Dance Company has engaged two guest choreographers, in addition to artistic director/choreographer Deb Meunier, for their Fall Concert Series at Rhode Island College on November 18 and 19.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | November 15, 2011

RIP .:therapy

Dance Dept.
For years, a pair of giant angels hung over the dance floor at .:therapy, an afterhours electronic dance music (EDM) club in Olneyville.
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | November 16, 2011

Boston Ballet brings back John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet

Return of the star-cross'd
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has probably inspired as many ballet translations as The Rite of Spring .
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | November 08, 2011

Gallim Dance's Blush

Sex wars
You don't want to take the title of Gallim Dance's Blush too seriously — at least not if you're expecting embarrassment, shame, modesty, confusion, those textbook signifiers of someone who'd like to creep away and hide.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL | October 25, 2011

Review: Puss in Boots 3-D

More from the best character of the Shrek franchise
A mad scientist in The Skin I Live In and a talking cat in Puss in Boots : is there anything Antonio Banderas can't do?
By PETER KEOUGH | October 25, 2011

Momix’s Moses Pendleton on Botanica

Movement and illusion
You may have seen Momix dancers on a Hanes or Target commercial during the Golden Globes last spring.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | October 25, 2011

Momix’s Moses Pendleton on Botanica

Movement and illusion
You may have seen Momix dancers on a Hanes or Target commercial during the Golden Globes last spring.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | October 25, 2011

Ten years in, Ladytron grounded by Gravity

Post-dance
More than a decade into their career as trusted electro-pop veterans, Ladytron's place in the world of pop music seems as precarious as when they started.
By MICHAEL MAROTTA | October 05, 2011

The Horrors change more than their hair

Makeover
Near the end of my conversation with Rhys Webb, bassist for Southend-on-Sea quintet the Horrors, I begin to sense the exasperation in his voice.
By DANIEL BROCKMAN | September 28, 2011

Kasabian | Velociraptor!

RCA/Columbia (2011)
Four records in and Kasabian are still dodging that lazy comparison to Oasis, which is based mainly on their healthy egos and partly on how singer Tom Meighan sometimes pulls off the best Liam Gallagher sneer since Be Here Now — look no further than the way he stretches syllables on the cocksure, bass-driven "Re-Wired."
By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | September 20, 2011

The timely pop return of Emergency Music

So long to the subtle
"I would agree that Emergency Music started at a rough time to be in a band if you're comparing it to starting up a band in 2011," frontman Jesse Duquette offers via email.
By LUKE O'NEIL | September 20, 2011

Island Moving Co.’s Open for Dancing

An immersive experience
Since its founding 28 years ago, Island Moving Co. has often included site-specific dances in its presentations: some were adapted to be inside Newport's elegant mansions.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | September 14, 2011