Brian Seibert
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Review: Sharon Eyal’s ‘R.O.S.E.’ Throws a Rave at the Armory
The choreographer Sharon Eyal turns the Drill Hall of the Armory into a club at which her dancers appear at intervals, behaving oddly.
‘Ain’t Done Bad’ Review: Jakob Karr’s Dance to Orville Peck Songs
Jakob Karr, from “So You Think You Can Dance?,” has conceived and choreographed a show set to songs by the country musician Orville Peck.
‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ Gets Another Life as a Musical
The best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago. Now it’s an Off Broadway musical.
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Through the Eyes of a Dance Critic
The choreography on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour doesn’t ask her to do too much, but she knows how to use her simple moves to her...
What an ’80s Feeling: ‘Flashdance' Turns 40
The film helped bring breaking into the mainstream. Over the years, it also became famous for the subs and doubles of its star, Jennifer Beals.
‘God’s Fool’ Review: A Singing, Beat Poet Saint
In Martha Clarke’s piece about St. Francis of Assisi, at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theater, the song carries the dance.
Review: ‘Third Bird’ Doesn’t Quite Land
The fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi is a terrific host, but this production at the Guggenheim Museum is awfully shaggy for an avian story, our critic...
With Her First Opera, Rhiannon Giddens Returns to Her Roots
“Omar,” composed by Giddens and Michael Abels, and based on the life a Muslim scholar sold into slavery, premieres at the Spoleto Festival USA.