It’s been a busy post-lockdown year in Atlanta’s dance world, with local and touring companies offering a wide variety of thrilling dance, but the pandemic didn’t completely bypass us. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company canceled, at the last minute, its much-anticipated performance of What Problem? at the Ferst Center for the Arts in January, and…
(Editor’s Note: The “Everyday Heroes” series is a collaboration between The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and its journalistic partners, including ArtsATL.) Angela Harris understands well the travails of being the only Black ballerina in a ballet company. “I’m a former professional Black ballet dancer, so one of the big things for me is trying to assist with…
THEATER The Tony award-winning Broadway musical Anastasia is on stage this weekend at Fox Theatre. Featuring new music by composer Stephen Flaherty and direction by Tony winner Darko Tresnjak, this is the Russian tale of an adventurous woman who is met with challenges but unwilling to give up. Tickets start at $39. :: The Breman…
Atlanta Ballet’s large rehearsal studio is a flurry of Nutcracker activity. Corps de ballet Snowflakes leap and glide across the floor. In one corner, artistic director Gennadi Nedvigin quietly coaches Emily Carrico and a bearded Denys Nedak in their grand pas de deux. The company’s répétiteurs sit at a long table, watching and taking notes….
In any other production, Laura Morton La Russa would probably prepare for a performance by chatting with cast mates in the dressing room, or perhaps warming up onstage, reviewing choreography with her fellow dancers. For Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre’s upcoming performance, Marley Was Dead, to Begin With: A Christmas Carol Told Again, Morton La Russa…
‘Tis The Nutcracker season in Atlanta. The holidays, bowl games and The Nutcracker are just around the corner. For dancers and ballet fans, The Nutcracker is a revered ritual; for others, it’s the one time of year they’ll venture to the ballet. Ironically, when The Nutcracker was first performed in 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia,…
THEATER Sherlock Holmes fans who are looking for something familiar but different can check out the final weekend of Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson — #2B from Synchronicity Theatre. Written by Kate Hamill with an unexpected twist — the mystery-solving duo are two women, played by improv stars Karen Cassady and Tara Ochs, who are…
For 13 years, Heath Gill has entertained Atlanta audiences in a series of dramatic and comedic roles, brilliantly embodying characters as diverse as the feisty Mercutio in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette, the intrepid hero Kilroy in Helen Pickett’s Camino Real, a quirky MC in Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16 and a slapstick, fun-loving buddy in…
Will robots someday populate video arcades? Can manipulation of our brains change our behavior? How does our brain produce jumping jacks? Those are some of the questions explored in Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre’s Step the Brain Along a Path, a new contemporary ballet that premiered Friday at Ferst Center for The Arts. The hour-long work…
Imagine navigating the distance between thought and movement. Consider the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of neuroscience. Suppose the neurological workings of the human brain could be externally stimulated for total recall. These are the inspired ponderings behind a contemporary ballet titled Step the Brain Along a Path. The world premiere of…
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