#dance theatre

[mthguy]

The company of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical Illinoise performs "The Man of Metropolis" on The View.

[ivo3d]

Another deleted scene (Seele.Territorium)

(recorded in orangerie theater köln)

[antagonizedjordan]

HI ALL! AntagonizedJordan here <3

That's meeee! Floating in ze air!!!

This is my dance company, and we are finally back online after a year's respite from social media.

If you have a second, check us out! Or go like this post on IG to help us rebuild our audience so we can reach the people who need to see our art <3

Any engagement means the absolute world and helps keep artistry alive in time where at is valued less and less (and dance in America, oh my god. Where do I even begin)

GRATITUDE!!!

[myburntwritings]

The Hades/Persephone Tango

At the end of loop 2, approximately halfway through Persephone’s storyline, she knocks into a old-fashioned radio in Hades’ office. It starts up the song Will Soon be a Woman. Persephone asks “Have we danced to this before?” to which Hades replies “once or twice” and Persephone offers her hand: “let’s make it a third.”

There is the undercurrent of amusement in the audience, who know that ‘once or twice’ is a gross understatement. But it’s a very sweet response from Hades, who knows by now not to overwhelm Persephone by letting on how often they repeat the same ritual.

The two begin a slow dance in the office, which, as the music increases in tempo and complexity, moves out into the Troy town square, and an intricate tango.

Now, unlike some, I am not a regular follower of Hades or Persephone. I love their stories, but the crowds sometimes get a bit much for me. Last night, I was intent on following Mallory Gracenin’s portrayal of Persephone while we are lucky enough to have her back in the show for a couple of months. Coupled with Sam Booth as Hades, this really is a powerhouse of performance, with heart-rending emotion and side-splitting comedic moments. (Hades saying into Persephone’s mouth ‘it’s fake’, referring to the flower he had given her, was particularly amusing.)

Long story short, I don’t follow Persephone or Hades all that often, and therefore usually miss this tango as I am somewhere else in the show. Due to this, I haven’t before noticed the synchronicities between this dance, and dances that happen elsewhere and between other characters.

At one point during the dance, Persephone and Hades separate, connected only by grasped hands, as Persephone circles Hades. In that moment, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Neoptolomus and Patroclus, perhaps dancing the similar movements almost at the same time in Mycenae as Hades and Persephone tango in Troy.

Patroclus has been mortally wounded, and found by Neoptolomus, the two begin an intricate and devastating dance as Neoptolomus tries to, and ultimately fails to, save him. He is propped up by Neoptolomus, the two embrace frequently, and as they separate, Patroclus circles Neoptolomus connected only by grasped hands, before collapsing, rolling across the floor still connected to Neoptolomus.

It is a dance of overwhelming desperation on both sides of the coin. Neoptolomus’ desperate attempt to save Patroclus, and Hades’ desperate attempt to remind Persephone of who she is, and the connection between them. Patroclus and Persephone circle their loved ones, touchable but not reachable.

I started wondering, how many other dances happening throughout the show are reflected in Persephone and Hades’ tango? Iphigenia being carried through the streets by Patroclus. Apollo clutching at Cassandra as he opens her eyes to prophecy. Persephone’s confident steps as she approaches Hades mirrored in Hecuba’s bravado to stand off against the Greek Army. Persephone driving Hades back towards the office in the same way Polymestor drives Polydorus back to the wall after drugging him.

This story, this labyrinth of emotion, was all created for Persephone. And as she reaches the half-way point of her own journey and it’s starting to come back, the mirror held up to her actions, reflecting the movements of others around Troy and Mycenae, are all the more poignant.  

[mias-playground]

The Dance Theatre of Harlem in action

[ndtcjamaica]

Shubert Theatre And International Festival of Arts & Ideas Present the National Dance Theatre Company Of Jamaica, June 2 & 3, 2023

Shubert Theatre engagement marks first performance by the company in Connecticut since 2004.

[abwwia]

Victoria Eugenia Santa Cruz Gamarra (#BornOnThisDay 27 October 1922 – August 30, 2014) was an Afro-Peruvian choreographer, composer and activist.

Art by Women - Women in Arts @abwwia

Victoria Santa Cruz would go on to be called "the mother of Afro Peruvian dance and theatre." She is credited as significant in a revival of Afro-Peruvian culture in the 1960s and 1970s. She came from a long-line of artists and intellectuals. Victoria Santa Cruz is said to have had "Afrocentrism" influences in her view of dance trying to discover "ancestral memory" of African forms. She helped to found the Cumanana company. Via Wikipedia

#VictoriaSantaCruz #botd #afrolatina #afroperuvian #dance #dancetheatre #danceherstory #womensart #PalianShow #blackartist #blackherstory #peruvian #Peru

Victoria Santa Cruz

[hanginglikeafruit]

He's not dead, he's a cockroach and- and he will return to Eddie in New York, and THEY WILL GET TO CLIMB THE STATUE OF LIBERTY TOGETHER, AND- *breaks down in sobs*

[roesingape]

(via 2002 Mickey Morgan's Blue Bottle Rehearsal)

[langernameohnebedeutung]

ngl, I'm beginning to take issue with how in conversations about anti-intellectualism almost automatically, the face of girls and women will be slapped on the problem.

[benevolenterrancy]

~loathing, unadulterated loathing~

[mthguy]

A spectacular fusion of music, song, dance, and story resulting in an exhilarating theatrical experience.

[ivo3d]

[runwaycolombo]

A captivating evening of dinner and dance - Dance Epicure by With My Feet brings UK champion dancers and the best of Sri Lankan talent to the same stage

Dance Epicure, Sri Lanka’s very first Dinner Dance Theatre concept produced by With My Feet is all set to entertain and delight on the 2nd of April at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo. The vision and brainchild of the legendary Naomi Rajaratnam, the uniquely curated evening of dance and gastronomy produced by the Colombo Dance Theatre will feature a roster of extraordinary international and local…

[kaleidoscopiccc]

oh you hate musicals? oh so youre allergic to all fun and whimsy then? youre against all joy and giddiness brought in front of you huh? you just hate any and all happiness and silly times dont you?

[disheveledtranquility]

This scene will forever haunt me.