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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Theater Coming Soon: Alaska

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:40 PM

At On the Boards.

Lane Czaplinski described choreographer Diana Szeinblum's work as "Crystal Pite meets Constanza Macras on Percocet." But I think he was just trying to push my buttons—he knows how much I adore the way Pite and Macras weld together high technique, pathos, sex, and fun. Both choreographers are aware of their highbrow tradition but aren't afraid to smash a pie into its face. They've got a Duchamp attitude towards dance, but they employ all the tools and energy of the 21st century.

From this video clip, it looks like Szeinblum is riding the same roller-coaster Pite and Macras are on.

(Check out the pants-off dance-off at 0:55.)

From this week's theater calendar:

A work for four dancers and two musicians by Argentina-born (and Pina Buasch-trained) Diana Szeinblum, Alaska is both colorful and cold, a kind of tropical postmodernism. Dancers stomp, curl, bend, and swing like distraught pendulums—and sometimes tear each others' clothes off—to a live score of piano, violin, and laptop. (Brendan Kiley)

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i sure like the promo shot

Posted by Max Solomon on November 3, 2009 at 2:55 PM

(Bausch)

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on November 3, 2009 at 3:55 PM

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