Dance
A SHORT TRIP, UNPLANNED
Rebeca Medina’s Paraíso
By Tara Sheena
There are a lot of distinct, personal touches to Rebeca Medina’s latest evening-length work, Paraíso, at Five Myles gallery in Crown Heights. There are details that indicate hospitality, like free snacks before the performance, or the personal, face-to-face greeting from Medina to audience members.
“I’M KIND OF FUCKED SHARING THIS”
Ralph Lemon’s Scaffold Room
By Jaime Shearn Coan
Remember choose-your-own-adventure books? As a child, I felt overwhelmed knowing that there was always another version—it somehow made the story seem less sturdy, lent the imagination a transparent quality.
BALLETCOLLECTIVE
The Group as Power Source
By Susan Yung
In this era of crowd-sourcing, a sharing economy, and a Socialist garnering widespread support as a presidential candidate, BalletCollective makes sense. This ballet troupe is not leaderless—Troy Schumacher is the director and choreographer, and Ellis Ludwig-Leone is composer and music director.
