What goes in your cart when you are scrolling? Is it the same thing you got last time or is it something different? Maybe something catches your eye and you take the risk and drop it into your shopping cart. Well, in this season’s lineup for dance in Palm Beach, there is a something to like for everyone. The Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has restocked its dance … [Read more...]
Parsons Dance exhilarating at opening of Duncan dance series
While I was watching Parsons Dance perform, the workings of a finely-tuned sports car came to mind. I further thought that after almost 40 years of cruising around, that perhaps Parsons Dance might now, like a sports car, be considered vintage despite its impressive speed and continued precision in performance. Without a doubt, Artistic Director David Parsons’ constant … [Read more...]
Season Preview 2024-25: A reduced, but still-vibrant season of dance
Is this the fallout year for the performing arts? It is alarming to see the sparse offerings for the 2024-25 dance season, especially after the enormous struggle it was for the arts to survive the hardships imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope that this decline in performances is not a trend that will persist. A supreme effort must be made by all to get up off that … [Read more...]
Parsons Dance delights Duncan audience in season finale
A staunch modern dance aficionado might say that Parsons Dance was light fare, but they would also have to say that it was gourmet quality. Closing the Duncan Theatre’s 2018 dance series with winning style, Parsons Dance left the loyal modern dance audience more than satiated – they were swooning. Parsons Dance has been around a long time, performing around the world, and … [Read more...]
Arts Preview 2017-18: The season in dance
Devotees of dance this season can sample Miami City Ballet’s continued artistic honing by Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez, the ongoing successful dance programming at the Duncan Theatre or the breakthrough PEAK presentations at the Kravis Center, as well as decide to experience the continuity and strength in the local dance scene. Amid this strong lineup, this season it … [Read more...]