Jo Kreiter's paean to women

By Carla Escoda, 18 November 2013

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Reviewed at Joe Goode Annex, San Francisco on 13 November 2013

Give a Woman a Lift (Jo Kreiter)

Flyaway Productions

Lisa Fagan, Dancer

Jennifer Chien, Dancer

MaryStarr Hope, Dancer

Becca Dean, Dancer

Christine Cali, Dancer

Patricia P. Jiron, Dancer

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Carla Escoda, 27th September

The Bridge Project 2014 presents four generations of postmodern dance pioneers in one historic evening at the Joe Goode Annex in San Francisco: Anna Halprin, Simone Forti, Lucinda Childs, and Hope Mohr.

*****

A Streetcar Named Desire: a gripping retelling at Ballett am Rhein

Vikki Jane Vile, 8th May

Ballet isn’t always pretty, there are plenty of examples in repertoires across the world. John Neumeier’s Streetcar Named Desire (Endstation Sehnsucht) is to reach another level of grim but gripping brutality told through dance.

****1

The Great Gatsby at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 8th May

Septime Webre’s dazzling, maximalist Great Gatsby for the Kansas City Ballet is instantly engaging.

*****

Royal Danish Ballet’s Lady Macbeth: Akram Khan works his magic again

Graham Watts, 7th May

An excellent extension to Akram Khan’s growing repertoire of contemporary ballet, Lady Macbeth, his first creation for Royal Danish Ballet, brought out powerful performances from the entire cast.

****1

The Trocks at Sadler’s Wells: uproariously entertaining

Graham Watts, 5th May

A very welcome and hilarious return to the UK from Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, this time at Sadler’s Wells, they offer familiar and new works.

****1

Contemporary escapism at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 1st May

A longtime NYCB fan favorite, Concerto DSCH by Alexei Ratmansky, meets the New York premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Continuum. But the evening belonged to corps dancer Ruby Lister in Edwaard Liang’s Distant Cries.

****1

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.

Give a Woman a Lift: Jo Kreiter's airborne paean to women