by Neil | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Samantha Geracht, artistic director of Sokolow Theater/Dance Ensemble, in post-show danceaturgy conversation with NB about (Re)Making Slaughter of the Innocents, Ballad in a Popular Style, Lament for the Death of a Bullfighter, and Kaddish. (Photo: Andrew...
by Neil | Nov 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
Anne Souder (Soloist) and Xin Ying (Principal) of the Martha Graham Dance Company brought NB’s new MG biography to life with their vivid performances of Ekstasis and Medea — and MGDC Artistic Director Janet Eilber’s astute questions — before an...
by Neil | May 14, 2022 | news
The security guard in Christie’s lobby last Thursday told me where to find the pre-auction viewing for The Surrealist World of Rosalind Gersten Jacobs & Melvin Jacobs. He motioned to the left, saying “go through the keyhole,” an arched liminal cutout into a...
by Neil | Aug 14, 2020 | martha graham
“It takes about ten years to make a mature dancer,” Martha Graham wrote…and it takes more than ten years (as I have now come to learn) to make a book about a transcendent artist and person. Martha Graham – When Dance Became Modern will be published by Knopf on October...