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Giselle, Transcending Centuries

By Susan Yung

Khan’s production picks snippets from Giselle’s original score, and adds all new choreography. Happily, the English National Ballet’s is a new version of a ballet that delivers emotional punch on par with the original.

English National Ballet’s <em>Giselle</em> at BAM. Photo: Julieta Cervantes.

Tripping on Dirt

By Noa Weiss

Dirt Trip is a beautiful blend of tightly researched monologues and manic physical improvisation. Tatarsky explicates esoteric clowning traditions, then riffs on them effortlessly.

Alex Tatarsky, <em>Dirt Trip</em>, MoMA PS1, June 5, 2022. Courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Angela Cholmondeley.

Redactions

By Theo Armstrong

Redactions imposes an atmosphere of devotion through measured, unspectacular movement and monotonous textual interludes.

Text panels with color gradients hung on white walls. Photo: Brian Rogers.
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