One of the benefits of a smaller orchestra is that music of the early 19th century can sound lean and mean if the players and conductors enter into the spirit of the thing. And that’s precisely the way the Symphonia Boca Raton closed its 10th season Sunday at the Roberts Theater in Boca — with gritty, energetic readings of works on a meat-and-potatoes program led by James … [Read more...]
Creative courage, innovation keep Pilobolus audiences coming back
By Tara Mitton Catao So what would interest a collective of seven super-creative, highly-athletic dancers? Think out of the box. Search your imagination. Dancing with quadricopters? Been there, done that. Seeing how many dancers can fit into a mini-Cooper? Ah, good one, but it’s so three years ago. (The answer is 26, and by the way, Pilobolus holds the Guinness World Record for … [Read more...]