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Dancing with himself

Arthur Russell's posthumous renaissance
Arthur Russell's music does little to illuminate the mysteries and vagaries of his life. It simply tosses them aside, in pursuit of moods and rhythms few have successfully replicated, two decades later.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  April 22, 2009

Play by play: April 17, 2009

 Plays from A to Z
Theater around town
By CAROLYN CLAY  |  April 14, 2009

Play by Play: April 10, 2009

Plays A to Z
Plays around town
By CAROLYN CLAY  |  April 08, 2009

Play by play: April 3, 2009

Plays A to Z
Plays around town
By CAROLYN CLAY  |  April 01, 2009

Play by Play: March 27, 2009

Plays A to Z
A compilation of theater productions in and around Boston
By CAROLYN CLAY  |  March 24, 2009
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Paul Schrader at the HFA

American contradictions
"I'm not sure what happened to me," says Paul Schrader's Patty Hearst, one of the least reliable of the director's succession of unreliable narrators, in the film named for her.
By CHRIS FUJIWARA  |  January 29, 2009
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Tweak-folk

Reimagined folk songs by Sam Amidon
Released this summer, Nico Muhly's Mothertongue (Bedroom Community) — the latest album by the ambitious contemporary classical music composer, a protégé of Philip Glass — offers listeners a bombastic example of the ongoing collaboration between the composer and Vermont-based folk singer Sam Amidon.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  December 03, 2008
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Beyond tradition

Two concerts seek fresh ears for 'classical' music
On December 6 the University of Southern Maine Composers' Showcase will offer selections from new composers for eclectic ensembles, and on December 8 the Decompression Chamber Music Ensemble will offer an interactive concert pairing Robert Schumann with Philip Glass.
By EMILY PARKHURST  |  December 03, 2008
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Intimate moves

Festival Ballet’s “Up CLOSE, on HOPE”
What began as a way to give audiences a closer look at its dancers and choreographers an opportunity to showcase new work has become an integral part of Festival Ballet Providence’s season: the “Up CLOSE, on HOPE” series.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ  |  November 05, 2008
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Get around to it

Belated props to Arthur Russell
You would not guess, listening to his music, that Arthur Russell grew up in Oskaloosa, Iowa. In fact you might not guess that he came from anywhere.  
By RICHARD BECK  |  October 25, 2008
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Flow

A somewhat wishy-washy exposé
Instead of goading us with bits and pieces of the doom-and-gloom picture, some documentarian should come up with a unified theory of why we’re all screwed.
By PETER KEOUGH  |  September 24, 2008
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Body work

Theatre Expansion’s ‘Dancestravaganza’
The fifth “Dancestravaganza” is Rubel’s Berenger’s Body , featuring dancers Leslie Vazquez and Katie Zarling.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ  |  September 10, 2008
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Winged feet

Dance around town
Dance highlights from the fall season.
By DEBRA CASH  |  September 11, 2008
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Dainty cabaret

Keigwin + Company bring the elements to Jacob’s Pillow
Larry Keigwin’s genial take on the perennially popular theme of the four elements (water, fire, earth, air) didn’t add anything profound to the cosmic intelligence.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL  |  September 02, 2008
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Three’s a charm

The 802 Tour at the Museum of Fine Arts, August 24, 2008
Muhly, Amidon, and Bartlett are all VT-to-NY transplants and long-time collaborators.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN  |  August 26, 2008
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The ultimate balancing act

An extraordinary documentary opens the 2008 Maine International Film Festival
About 100 films deep, MIFF ’08 has intriguing offerings for cineastes of all stripes. Here’s a slice of what to look out for.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY  |  July 09, 2008
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Giants and Steps

Island Moving Co. takes its annual Flight
Island Moving Co. will present new dances and works from their repertoire at its summer Flight of Steps series, July 11 through 13 and July 16 through 20.
By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ  |  July 09, 2008
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Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

A quietly hagiographic film biography
Glass comes off as a likable, unassuming presence and also a bit of an enigma.
By GERALD PEARY  |  June 18, 2008
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Where the chips fell

Marjorie Morgan, Karl Cronin, Lucinda Childs, and Boston Ballet
Dance history reverberated across Boston during the past few weeks, affirming that how we live now owes a lot to how we’ve chosen to remember — and forget.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL  |  May 28, 2008
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Mastering the masterpieces

Boston Ballet takes on Balanchine, Tudor, and Tharp
It’s not exactly a trip down Memory Lane, but this weekend Boston Ballet is revisiting some pieces and choreographers it hasn’t performed in the Mikko Nissinen era.
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  May 21, 2008
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Balancing act

Interview: Mikko Nissinen and Boston Ballet
It’s been quite a year for Boston Ballet.
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  May 14, 2008
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Theatrics

Boston Ballet’s ‘Next Generation’
There’s got to be more to the future than the spectacle of gaudier and gaudier soulless cyberbodies.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL  |  March 12, 2008
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Quo vadis?

Boston Ballet’s ‘Next Generation’
“Next Generation” is the kind of ballet-program title that might have you asking yourself what happened to “This Generation."
By JEFFREY GANTZ  |  March 10, 2008
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Mark Weiner for President?

Superdelegates are not so super in a punitive democracy
There has been much hand-wringing recently over whether superdelegates will hijack the Democrats’ presidential-selection process.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE  |  February 13, 2008
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Bowin' away

Cello Chix at the Lizard Lounge, February 8, 2008
Of all the CD-release parties ever thrown by Boston bands, the Cello Chix’ show for their new, self-released Under the Covers featured the best Jethro Tull medley.
By BRETT MILANO  |  February 12, 2008
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Waters of Narcissus?

Maureen Fleming at the ICA
Fleming created a one-woman Art Deco extravaganza — with herself looking like nothing so much as a Rolls Royce hood ornament.
By DEBRA CASH  |  November 06, 2007
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Lorca without Lorca

Opera Boston’s Ainadamar, plus Ida Haendel, the BSO, and West Side Story
Is it possible for a work of art to seem both completely sincere in its intentions and at the same time counterfeit and manipulative?
By LLOYD SCHWARTZ  |  October 30, 2007
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Chris and friends

Wheeldon’s Morphoses at City Center
The hype was huge, but Wheeldon seems to have a modest agenda.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL  |  October 29, 2007
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Village folk

Suzanne Vega gets into the sounds of the city
Suzanne Vega’s Beauty and Crime is a sleek collection of New York City stories, all pop-song trim, but bubbling with an undercurrent of experimentation.
By TED DROZDOWSKI  |  August 07, 2007
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Postmodern cabaret

Susan Marshall and Doug Varone at Bard
The Spiegeltent at Bard College fits into two big trucks and can be raised in a couple of days by a crew of workers.
By MARCIA B. SIEGEL  |  July 10, 2007

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