It’s all uppers and downers and down this week at The Times… L. Ro. goes gaga for trombonists and guys in chipmunk costumes in her review of David Neumann’s “feedforward” Jennifer Dunning begs Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève to come back Alastair Macaulay offers up some special events criticism in his review of ABT’s [...]
Media Fare
Okay, okay. You got us, Tonya Plank! As some of you might have already guessed, C.C. is definitely built on the Gawker model of media vulturizing. Although, we like to think our standards lie somewhere nice and cozy in between high brow criticism and low brow gossip-mongering: the media taint, if you will. And thanks [...]
Critics Award of the Day (CAD): Kourlas on Morphoses
Who knew that Time Out New York let its writers maintain a blog!!! This is super hot, and a way to them them informally critique shit that can’t run in their main pages. So I’m giving Ms. Gia the CADDY for her summation of the Ballet Boyz’s short films in the Morphoses engagement at City [...]
More Morph, Less Fluff
Dance Review: Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company; Program II at City Center (Photo by Paul Kolnik) C.C. was lucky enough to attend last Saturday’s performance by Christopher Wheeldon’s new company, Morphoses (as in, meta). It was the second of two programs, and to my general disappointment, only two Wheeldon works were presented (whereas the first program featured [...]
Jowitt Agrees About Nacho
So there was some confusion on this site as to what exactly the white sand/powder/dust was meant to represent in Nacho Duato’s “White Darkness” that was presented last week at the BAM. Deborah Jowitt, in her VV review, articulates the quandry perfectly: White Darkness deals with drug addiction, but there’s so little sordidness that, unless you [...]
Midgette Promotes Romantic Stereotypes
Anne Midgette, in her review of baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber’s rendition of Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin at Weill Recital Hall, falls under the aesthetic spell of Huber’s 19th-century demeanor: Mr. Huber was the physical incarnation of the Romantic hero, with pale, milky skin; tousled fair hair; and an intensity as he bent and swayed [...]
Break On Through
Holy crap! Anyone read The Water Sports Wall Street Journal online lately!!! Look who got a link, bitches! C.C. in da hooooooouse! (It’s under the “Blog Posts About This Topic” at the bottom.) So who should we thank? Heidi Waleson? Terry Teachout? Jesus Christ?
Time(s) To Dance: Blind Item Edition
GUESS… ..who wrote this positive review of Parijat Desai Dance Company. Here’s a sample: What was new about her blending of the Indian classical dance form of Bharata Natyam with Western modern and jazz dance was its departure from the usual look of ritual. And she has found the perfect interpreters in her four dancers, [...]
Oh, It’s Already Been Brought’n
Opera Review: Le Nozze di Figaro at The Met (Photo by Marty Sohl) The Met has finally brought it this opera season. With their current production of Le Nozze di Figaro, they now have a delightfully performed and sophisticatedly designed opera that satisfies on every level, and, at last, positions the Met as the forerunner [...]
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