Oh, one more thing! A podcast interview with Dalia Carella!

One more thing before I go!

A Body and Soul podcast interview with Dalia Carella from Dance New Amsterdam's Performance Project. Click here to listen!

On vacation!

InfiniteBody will be closed for vacation--yay!!!--and will return to the Net sometime in early November. See you all then!

Into "Thin Air"

Donna Uchizono's Thin Air--running at Dance Theater Workshop through Saturday--is only the latest work of a genius, one never content to repeat others' solutions, one who regularly sails out to visit the dragons. For this artist and her collaborating dancers, the body is a minimalist canvas lashed by contradictory lush details--like the arms and supple hands snaking out from dancers serenely and securely perched atop ladders, or the feet dancing out amusingly fast, frenetic patterns as if the dancers were figures in a speeded-up film with a few frames missing here and there.

And these dancers! Julie Alexander! Hristoula Harakas! Antonio Ramos! They are picked out of various pockets of soft darkness and lit like the jewels, the divinities, they are. Credit Jane Shaw for the textured sophistication of this lighting design. Fred Frith (music), Michael Casselli (video) and James Lo and Myles Boisen (sound engineering) complete the collaborative team for one of this young season's most affecting and important achievements.

Tickets will probably be hard to come by. See DTW's site for more details.

What's up with the world?

Okay, it's not about dance, but don't you want to keep current with progressive radio's most brilliant, most vigilant host? Then check out Rachel Maddow's Air America show podcast from Green 960! Yes, she's a Red Sox fan, but I forgive her!

Podcast interview with Jen Abrams

To listen to my Body and Soul podcast interview with dancer-choreographer Jen Abrams, a member of the WOW Café Theater collective, click here.

Wheeldon open rehearsal at NY City Center

A free, open rehearsal of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company has been scheduled for Friday, October 19 at 4pm, at New York City Center as part of the company's efforts "to help to demystify ballet and help cultivate a new generation of dance audiences."

Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon will discuss and demonstrate the artistic process involved in creating new works, and hold an open conversation with the audience. Doors open at 3:30pm. Seating is limited and admission is on a first come, first served basis.

The troupe makes its US debut at New York City Center, October 17-21.

New York City Center is at West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. Click here for additional information.

And I can't get up!

Here's a piece by my friend and colleague Tobi Tobias on the phenomenon that is Fall for Dance.