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Interview: Diavolo Dance Theater Daredevil Chisa Yamaguchi

February 6, 2013
Diavolo feat

Under the guidance of visionary director Jacques Heim, the acrobatic dance company Diavolo combines contemporary movement and breathtaking stunts with enormous custom sets, from the modular cube of Fearful Symmetries to the giant rocking boat of Trajectoire, both of which they mount at Reynolds Theater this weekend. To learn more about this one-of-a-kind ensemble, we

Interview: John Hollenbeck on Meredith Monk

November 1, 2012

A visionary percussionist and composer who seamlessly blurs jazz into new music, John Hollenbeck has an insatiable thirst for new ideas. He found one fifteen years ago when he joined Meredith Monk’s ensemble, working on major projects such as Mercy and Songs of Ascension. Though Hollenbeck isn’t directly involved in this weekend’s performances of Education

Interview: Meredith Monk [Part 2]

October 25, 2012

As the great and unclassifiable performing artist Meredith Monk ramps up a residency with her Vocal Ensemble at Duke Performances—offering a talk at the Nasher tonight and two performances next weekend—we continue our exclusive in-depth interview. On Tuesday, we discussed how Monk developed singing, dance, theater and more into a form of her own. Today

Interview: Meredith Monk [Part 1]

October 22, 2012

As a singer, dancer, composer, choreographer, filmmaker, installation artist, and more—not compartmentally, but all at once—Meredith Monk broke a lot of new ground on her way to becoming one of the most iconic and original performing artists of our times. Her vocal innovations, known to academics as “extended techniques,” still elude codification after half a

Interview: The Kathak Dance of Pandit Birju Maharaj

October 2, 2012

On October 4 at Reynolds Theater, Duke Performances hosts a rare visit from Indian classical dancer Pandit Birju Maharaj. The maestro is the world’s leading Kathak dancer; the eighth generation of one of its founding lineages. Balancing pure technique and expressive storytelling, with intricate footwork and spins, Kathak requires no foreknowledge to be enjoyed, but

Live Review: Random Dance in Wayne McGregor’s “FAR”

February 27, 2012
"FAR"

As the Resident Choreographer of London’s Royal Ballet, Wayne McGregor’s merit is  reasonably uncontroversial, but his avant-garde work with his own Random Dance company can really get under people’s skin. Some take issue with the alleged ungainliness of McGregor’s choreographic vocabulary, a fast-flowing babble of deformed but freakishly elegant movements and postures that seem to

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