The Alonzo King Lines Ballet is returning to West Palm Beach this coming week with a performance that will feature two recent works by its founder: Ode to Alice Coltrane and Ma mère l’Oye (Mother Goose). Just returning from a five-week tour of France, this celebrated San Francisco-based contemporary dance company is recognized for its artistic integrity and its brilliant … [Read more...]
New dancers bring fresh tap dazzle to Dorrance Dance show at Duncan
Dorrance Dance, a New York-based company, has been passionate about sharing the powerful legacy and complex history of the Black American art form of tap dancing as well as expanding its boundaries by pushing the dance form into today’s contemporary dance world. The company returned to Palm Beach County recently as part of the Duncan Theatre’s Modern Dance Series. Last … [Read more...]
Gallim’s energetic Duncan show gave audience much to admire
What is it that makes a dance performance uniquely memorable? It can be many things and different for different people, but there is a certain something that one can sense but not readily describe. I would go so far as to say it is something that is not valued as much as it should be in these days of extremes and excesses. It is that aura of integrity and authenticity — not … [Read more...]
High-energy BalletX starts Duncan dance season with a bang
BalletX, the dynamite ensemble of versatile dancers from Philadelphia, ushered in the beginning of the Palm Beach dance season by launching the popular Friday Modern Dance Series at the Duncan Theatre at Palm Beach State College in Lake Worth on January 16. Impressive in many ways, the small contemporary ballet company of 15 dancers blew in into South Florida and blew the … [Read more...]
The season in dance, 2025-26: MCB remains infrequent visitor, but Palm Beach County’s dance season remains robust
The Palm Beach County performance season is just around the corner even though the oppressive heat and humidity of summer is still with us. When the weather is cool, Palm Beach comes alive with things to do and places to go and the season recommences with the joy of the performing arts, which are such an important part of the culture here. However, things have changed. … [Read more...]
MCB ends season in superb style at Kravis with ‘Spring Mix’
Miami City Ballet presented an outstanding lineup for its Spring Mix program earlier this month as the company wrapped up its much abbreviated season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. The program was nicely balanced, offering artistic variety with a diverse range of choreographers and composers as well as beautifully showcasing the company dancers. The … [Read more...]
Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami brings Duncan dance series to brilliant end
Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami boldly took to the stage at the Duncan Theatre in Lake Worth Beach on March 21, closing out this season’s ever-popular Modern Dance Series. Under the leadership of former Miami City Ballet Principal dancers Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenberg, this small 14-member contemporary ballet company from Miami has been building acclaim for itself … [Read more...]
MCB’s Palm Beach presence smaller, but Balanchine was beautiful
Two weekends ago, the Miami City Ballet appeared for the first time in their now-abbreviated season at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts presenting just three performances of its second program, Winter Mix. The company’s offerings in Palm Beach have been dramatically clipped. Its previous seasons were composed of four different programs ranging from repertory shows … [Read more...]
South Korean dance troupe makes powerful debut at Duncan
When a dance company is well-known, there is a constant pressure of needing to satisfy the expectations of its audiences, but when an audience comes to the theater to see a dance company for the first time, there are no set expectations. And that is especially true when the company comes from the other side of the world. Curiosity is more the mood in that case, and so it … [Read more...]
Pilobolus 50th anniversary show at Duncan underwhelms
Even for an arts organization as renowned as Pilobolus, dealing with audience expectations must be a hurdle. People who have seen the company perform numerous times naturally arrive at the theater with a certain set of expectations. Meeting those expectations time after time must be a difficult task. New works give vitality to a company but often it is the tried-and-true … [Read more...]