Cynthia Bond Perry Archives

Q&A: Ballethnic’s Nena Gilreath on The Leopard Tale and the will to survive

Off the EDGE at Westside Cultural Arts Center steps out with courage, humor

Emory Dance brings duo together for another piece apart

Alvin Ailey artist taps Georgia roots to vivify founder’s legacy

With Niv Sheinfeld and Oren Laor, Core Dance goes deeper, higher at 7 Stages

News: National Ballet Theatre of Odessa debuts with “Swan Lake”

Year in Review: From myth to the political, Atlanta dance found new expression in 2018

Review: Atlanta Ballet’s new “Nutcracker” captivates with layered effects, simple story

Q&A: Choreographer Yuri Possokhov discusses Atlanta Ballet’s new “Nutcracker”

Review: Fly on a Wall and Staibdance highlight Uncaged Dance Festival

Cynthia Bond PerryMarch 7, 2019

It’s a story of survival – not just for animals on the West African savanna but also for a multicultural ballet company preparing to celebrate, in 2020, three d...

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Cynthia Bond PerryMarch 6, 2019

Three distinct Atlanta voices -- plus a New York-based company that’s making waves nationally -- appeared in last Friday evening’s double feature at the Westsid...

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Cynthia Bond PerryFebruary 20, 2019

On a bare, shadowy stage, a man and a woman move in silence, save sounds of their breathing, their bodies making contact and their feet shuffling and pivoting o...

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Cynthia Bond PerryFebruary 18, 2019

In the sun-soaked foyer of Atlanta’s National Center for Civil and Human Rights, a tall, lean young man guided about 40 dance students last month as they learne...

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Cynthia Bond PerryFebruary 7, 2019

Some experiences in the theater resonate so deeply that it’s best to leave writing about them to the poets. Such was the experience Niv Sheinfeld and Oren La...

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Cynthia Bond PerryJanuary 10, 2019

Last spring, Atlanta Ballet performed Swan Lake’s third act, with its lively character dances and devilishly difficult Black Swan pas de deux. In the fall, The ...

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ARTS ATL StaffDecember 27, 2018

Early in 2018, Lauri Stallings’ group glo led viewers to Atlanta’s Zero Mile Post, which marked the point where the city began, encased in a building inside a d...

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Cynthia Bond PerryDecember 11, 2018

Special effects loom large with Atlanta Ballet’s new production of The Nutcracker. Images span from elaborate clockwork machinations to books that swirl through...

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Cynthia Bond PerryDecember 6, 2018

A gilded leather-bound book opens, its covers spanning much of the stage. Giant botanical print images of flowers hover in the air backed by a shimmering green ...

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Cynthia Bond PerryDecember 4, 2018

Last week, the Uncaged Community Dance Festival offered an intimate view into what’s happening on the Atlanta dance scene, and a reminder that it takes networks...

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