![]() With all of those aspects, these dancers were right on point. The piece did include big kicks, turns and reaches – but virtuosity more so shined from the stage in the ensemble’s presence, style and accuracy of shaping and musicality. Such stylistic flourishes towered over flashy technique and tricks. Movement was classic jazz, Fosse style – with small gestures and joint articulations creating aesthetic force and characterization. The large ensemble filled the stage with joyful energy. Under lighting of an old-fashioned night club (lighting from Mark Fortunato), dancers wore white bloomers and black lingerie. Right from curtains up, it brought to life the classic show’s tastefully seedy, playfully sultry atmosphere. Willkommen, choreographed by Jennifer Kuhnberg and set to the number from the classic musical Cabaret, opened the show. Also notable in the program was an approach of clear, precise simplicity over athletic virtuosity, which seemed to greatly serve the works at hand (“keep it simple, stupid,” as the saying goes). Those “COVID dance” approaches also stood as signs of what concert dance can be as COVID fades and becomes endemic (rather than a pandemic) in our society: concert dance in that world at its most accessible, and within which all audience members can find their own little treasures and wonders. Yet, dance films were part of this program as well, and the company also made it virtually available for several weeks following the live show (how yours truly enjoyed the show) – adding further layers of kaleidoscopic multiplicity. The company’s Season 22 Performance was no exception to that trend the program was arguably the peak of the company’s stylistic and artistic multiplicity.Įven more special was that it was the company’s return to a fully live and in-person show, having presented virtual programs of dance films since 2020. Boston University Dance Theater (and via ).īoston-based OnStage Dance Company always offers a smorgasbord of styles and artistic approaches in its bi-annual shows, with various choreographers contributing work and a large cast performing. ![]()
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