{"id":795,"date":"2024-05-31T11:22:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T11:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/academiababylon.com\/best-of-2018-dm-contributors-share-their-favorite-dance-moments-of-the-year-dance-news\/"},"modified":"2024-05-31T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T11:22:18","slug":"best-of-2018-dm-contributors-share-their-favorite-dance-moments-of-the-year-dance-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/academiababylon.com\/en\/best-of-2018-dm-contributors-share-their-favorite-dance-moments-of-the-year-dance-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2018: DM contributors share their favorite dance moments of the year | Dance News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The best of 2018 according to DM contributors.<\/h1>\n

From Dance Magazine, they share what their editors and writers chose as their favorite dance events of 2018.
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1 – The most heartbreaking history lesson: THEM<\/h3>\n

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Ishmael Houston-Jones (left) and dancers in THEM . <\/em> Photo by Rachel Papo, courtesy of Blake Zidell & Associates.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Originally made in 1986 at the height of the AIDS epidemic, THEM <\/strong>was revived this year at Performance Space New York just as our collective memory of the crisis loomed dangerously close to oblivion. Created by choreographer Ishmael Houston-Jones, composer Chris Cochrane and writer Dennis Cooper, the piece is a brutal and vulnerable exploration of gay sexuality and the horrors that AIDS inflicted on the artistic community. The cast, a youthful group, primarily made up of men of color, appropriately reinterpreted improvisation-based choreography for a time when so much has changed and yet so much has not.<\/p>\n

2 – The feminist art we all need: the glass of people’s engines<\/h3>\n

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The People Movers at Glass . Photo by Chelsea Robin Lee, courtesy of Ladenheim<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

What happens to a community forced to live under a glass ceiling? Glass <\/em>, a film and performance project by Kate Ladenheim and The People Movers, handled heavy and heady concepts, such as internalized misogyny and the patriarchal paradigm, in a way that was as witty and entertaining as it was intellectually stimulating. . The four artists painted the audience’s fingernails, dressed in a pantsuit and buttoned up their buttons, and showed really smooth contemporary chops.<\/p>\n

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3 – Most daring re-interpretation of a classical ballet: Giselle by Dada Masilo<\/h3>\n

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Dada Masilo\/The Dance Factory: April 3-8, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dada Masilo’s Giselle is not pretty: the protagonist’s death is disturbing, not romantic; The Wilis are terribly vengeful, without delicacy or regret. A South African choreographer, Masilo reveals the violence behind the beloved plot. When Giselle (danced by Masilo herself) is betrayed, beaten and sexually assaulted in front of other villagers, she is mocked and blamed for being foolish enough to let it happen, and we are reminded of how survivors have been treated since long before #MeToo rose up.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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4 – Most Creative Placemaking: Center Aisle Blues by Laura Gutierrez<\/h3>\n

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Laura Gutierrez wanted to talk about her heritage in Houston Tejano. What better place to do that than a Fiesta Mart, your ideal place to shop for everything from pi\u00f1atas to quincea\u00f1era dresses? For Center Aisle Blues <\/em>Gutierrez spent weeks getting to know the staff and exploring his way through the store, finding its nooks and crannies. His vocabulary ranged from elegant, linear movement to elaborate ways of connecting to the aisles. She completely owned the idea of dancing in the middle of a supermarket. The piece ended with her standing in her car in the Fiesta parking lot dressed in a shiny fringed jacket, facing a city still recovering after the hurricane like a beacon of hope. – Nancy Wozny, contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

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5 – The best tap dance with gender bending: Caleb Teicher’s Great Heights.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

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Caleb Teicher in Great Heights. Photo by ADG Photography, courtesy of the American Tap Dance Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

It has style. He has speed. And he has chutzpah. We know this. But have we ever seen him dancing in shorts and high heels? At the American Tap Dance Foundation’s Rhythm in Motion showcase, Caleb Teicher blew us away with his Great Heights <\/em> genre-bending solo . <\/em> His legs thumped, stomped, and pounded the floor before he pounced on a stool. He then kicked and kicked up a storm in that elevated position.<\/p>\n

6 – More creative use of accessories: Mean Girls<\/h3>\n
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Who knew plastic lunch trays could stop a Broadway show? In Mean Girls <\/em>Casey Nicholaw swaps pads for pans to create percussive effects similar to classic song and dance numbers. The coffee shop based “Where Do You Belong?” is an ironic song, and it’s delightfully overplayed.<\/p>\n

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7 – Most dynamic performance: Doroth\u00e9e Gilbert in La Fille mal gard\u00e9e<\/h3>\n

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Doroth\u00e9e Gilbert in La Fille mal gard\u00e9e. Photo by Francette Levieux, courtesy of POB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As Lise in Sir Frederick Ashton’ s La Fille mal gard\u00e9e <\/em>Paris Op\u00e9ra Ballet \u00e9toile Doroth\u00e9e Gilbert possessed a mischievousness and charm that made the audience laugh. From his perfect attitude walk (supported only by ribbons) to his sharp footwork and even sharper comic timing, Gilbert’s performance was as much a technical dream as it was an artistic dream.<\/p>\n

8 – Mayor Boost to Ballet: San Francisco Ballet’s Unbound Festival<\/h3>\n

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San Francisco Ballet’s Unbound: A Festival of New Works<\/a><\/p>\n

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With 12 world premieres by artists such as Justin Peck, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Alonzo King, San Francisco Ballet’s Unbound Festival was a 17-day heterogeneous mix of dance. But it was so much more: principal dancers revealed new aspects of their artistry, the roles portrayed transformed corps members into stars overnight, and wildly imaginative works like Arthur Pita’s <\/em>Bj\u00f6rk Ballet got everyone talking. At each intermission, the lobby of War Memorial Opera House echoed with impassioned debates about what worked, what didn’t, and what was unlike anything seen before on the SFB stage. Unbound gave the ballet and the audience a thrilling adrenaline rush.<\/p>\n

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9 – Best Breakthrough: Lauren Lovette in Namouna by Alexei Ratmansky<\/h3>\n

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Lauren Lovette and Taylor Stanley in Namouna. Photo by Paul Kolnik, courtesy of NYCB<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Occasionally, a performance seems to reveal the essence of a dancer. Lauren Lovette has always been a vivid performer. But during her debut in Alexei Ratmansky’s fantastic comic Namouna, a Grand Divertissement <\/em>the principal of the New York City Ballet imbued her with a dancing and lack of inhibition that seemed new. “I tailored the role for him, raised the passions and performed the battles so he felt he could be great on stage,” Ratmansky says of their collaboration. That push seems to have unleashed something in her. Channeling his already distinctive personality through the eccentricities of the role, he was more present than ever.<\/p>\n

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10 – Most Promising Debut Season: Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre<\/h3>\n

In four world premiere works, Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre’s inaugural season in Atlanta offered dance that was technically pristine and highly entertaining. Facing torrential spring rains, Tara Lee The Vertical <\/em>closed out the outdoor season with a playful and candid look at aging. Whether in the community or in a traditional theater, the company’s five founding members, all former Atlanta Ballet dancers, have proven they know what it takes to present a memorable show.<\/p>\n

11 – Most inventive dance game: The beast in the jungle.<\/h3>\n
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Susan Stroman could have spent the rest of her days after The Producers <\/em>simply directing and choreographing in a similar, stupendously successful vein. But she went off Broadway, and this year she outdid herself with The Beast in the Jungle <\/em>at the Vineyard Theatre. Enlisting the extraordinary talents of Irina Dvorovenko and Tony Yazbeck, using multiple dance vocabularies, and going to a 1903 Henry James story to gather material, she put together what she calls a “dance play,” and it was utterly riveting. John Kander’s waltz-inspired score ran the gamut of emotions, and his choreography did as well, from an incredibly romantic pas de deux to a heartbreaking, gut-wrenching solo, with a fantastic imaginary beast with multiple heads in the middle.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

12 – Most delightfully unexpected trend: contemporary dance in music videos<\/h3>\n

Florence + The Machine – Big God<\/a><\/p>\n

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This year, Florence Welch and Akram Khan worked together on Florence + The Machine’s “Big God”; Emma Portner created movement for Maggie Rogers’ “Falling Water”; and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui choreographed Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z’s “APESHIT.” High-profile musical artists hiring contemporary choreographers seemed to be the trend of 2018, even for music that is not traditionally considered “dancy.” These collaborations gave contemporary dance a bigger platform and showed what it can bring to any style of music.<\/p>\n

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