Courtney Escoyne
26 pieces, 34,571 words
Courtney Escoyne
Dancing Desire: Rovaco Dance Company Presents KAMA (Review)
Queens, N.Y. Romantic love and loss thereof have long been popular subjects to dramatize in dance. But a recent full-length outing from Rohan Bhargava and his Rovaco Danc…
Review: HOLDTIGHT Presents Nourishment (Why Believe?)
Gwendolyn Gussman in "Nourishment (Why Believe?)" Photo by Jade Warner, Courtesy Gussman New York, N.Y. In any given production by Gwendolyn Gussman’s experimental dance…
In Between, A Dance Film Series, Delivers Nuanced Relationships
New York, N.Y. When I was invited to Dixon Place earlier this fall to attend and review the premiere of In Between , a trilogy of short dance films by director Katie Sadl…
Review: Tinted Windows Presents "no artificial preservatives" at Gibney
New York, N.Y. Presented at Gibney 280 as part of the organization’s POP: Performance Opportunity Project, the newly-formed, NYC-based Tinted Windows gave three presentat…
An Exercise in Empathy: cullen + them's Spring Messaround
Company member Gabriel Nieto (right) dances with an attendee at cullen + them's Spring Messaround. Photo by Em Watson, Courtesy cullen + them. New York, N.Y. MESSAROUND /…
Dance Meets Journalism: Brick by Brick Dance's New Work Addresses the Immigrant Experience
Rohan Bhargava and Alexandra Montalbano in Somehow We End Up Here, Again . Photo by Thomas Sarvello, Courtesy Bates. New York, N.Y. It takes a certain skill to make a pie…
New Dances to New Music: Rovaco Dance Company and Mannes School of Music Present 7:1
Mariel Harris, Nico Gonzales, Hannah Seiden, and Sean Roel Nederlof in "A Kindred Spirit." Photo by Chelsea Robin Lee, Courtesy Rovaco. New York, N.Y. 7:1, an interdiscip…
One for the Ladies: inQuad at Dixon Place
Lindsey L. Miller in her Impulse . Photo by Andrew Mauney, Courtesy inQuad. New York, N.Y. Dixon Place, a performing arts venue in Lower Manhattan, has a reputation for u…
Pool Play 2.0—This Is Not A Theatre Company
Pool Play 2.0. Photo by Maria Baranova, Courtesy This Is Not A Theatre Company New York, N.Y. Given the freezing weather that has continued to plague New York City into M…
Review: NobleMotion Dance, Rovaco Dance Company, and NVA & Guests at the Dance Gallery Festival
Jessica Alexander, Eric Berey, and Shelby Jane Terrell in Le Mass . Photo by Michelle Lim Photography, Courtesy von Arx. New York, N.Y. Now in its 11th year, The Dance Ga…
Take Root at Green Space: Kaley Pruitt Dance and URBAN/TRIBE
Queens, N.Y. In January, Green Space’s monthly curated performance series, Take Root, hosted Kaley Pruitt Dance and U R B A N / T R I B E. The former presented a clever d…
The Experience of Nourishment: What does it feel like to grow up?
The ensemble of Nourishment: What does it feel like to grow up? Photo by Jeffrey Lee (On the Spot Image), Courtesy Gussman. Brooklyn, N.Y. It’s not every dance show that…
3-2-1: Rovaco Dance Company at The Paradise Factory
New York, N.Y. Last week at Paradise Factory, the fledgling Rovaco Dance Company delighted audiences at the Tamasha NYC festival with three works by artistic director Roh…
Abstracting Entertainment: Rovaco Dance Co. at Alchemical Theater
Jared McAboy and Mariel Harris in "Azadi". Photo credit Ezra Goh Photography, Courtesy Rovaco. New York, N.Y. In their first evening-length performance engagement at the…
Architecture Made Tactile: Gabrielle Lamb's Pigeonwing Dance at Baruch PAC
Pigeonwing Dance in Gabrielle Lamb's Bewilderness. New York, N.Y. On November 20, Baruch Performing Arts Center presented a pair of works by Gabrielle Lamb, a 2014 Prince…
Cameron McKinney|Kizuna Dance 2016 Season Kickoff
The women of Kizuna Dance in "Three Poisons" Brooklyn, N.Y. “I wanted you to be close enough to see them sweat,” Cameron McKinney says to a smattering of chuckles from th…
DraftWork: The Median Movement and Brother(hood) Dance! at St. Mark's Danspace Project
New York, N.Y. On a beautiful but cold Saturday afternoon I wandered into St. Mark’s Church in the East Village. Danspace Project had, as is their wont, reoriented the sa…
Emerging Choreographer's Series: Mare Nostrum Elements & LPAC Present Rohan Bhargava, Marissa Brown
Nico Gonzales in Rohan Bhargava's The Devil's Advocate Queens, N.Y. Last week, on a cold, rainy Tuesday, I ventured out to LaGuardia Performing Arts Center to catch the l…
Foretoken, Three Poisons: Kizuna Dance at Triskelion Arts
Brooklyn, N.Y. For their first full evening repertory concert at Triskelion Arts September 17-18, Cameron McKinney|Kizuna Dance pulled out all of the stops. There was an…
Origins and Adopted Cultures: Da-On Dance presents ROOT
Da-On Dance in ROOT. New York, N.Y. With ROOT , which was at the Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance Center October 15 and 16, Da-On Dance artistic director and choreo…
Valerie Green/Dance Entropy Celebrates Ten Years at Green Space
Jonathan Matthews and Hana Ginsburg Tirosh in Impermanent Landscape. Queens, N.Y. A low murmur greets the audience, five dancers speaking quiet snatches of phrases as the…
Ash & Honey: ChristinaNoel & The Creature's 2015 Winter Gala
Artistic Director ChristinaNoel Reaves & honoree Gus Solomons Jr. Photo credit Quentin Burley New York, N.Y. With characteristic generosity, an unflagging sense of fun, a…
Life in Progress: Sylvie Guillem at New York City Center
A rattling sound punctures the dark, then the rumble of thunder. Light, subtle but growing, caresses a twisted metallic tree. Something moves in the dark, a presence sens…
Urban Mythology: Kizuna Dance at Ailey Theater
New York, N.Y. Last weekend I had the pleasure of seeing an up-and-coming contemporary dance company present new work at The Ailey Citigroup Theater. The event was Urban…
W H A L E: Andrea Miller's Gallim Dance at The Joyce Theater
New York, N.Y. Andrea Miller’s work is not for everyone. Case in point: when the performance of W H A L E , Miller’s latest work for Gallim Dance , reached intermission a…
Where Have All The Glaciers Gone? Climate Change Theatre Action
Colin Waitt in Where Have All the Glaciers Gone? New York, N.Y. Friday evening I walked into a New York University building, shed my scarf, and took a seat in a small whi…