December 2003

Flash Review 1, 12-30: Nouvelle Noix
Tulsa Revises a Christmas Classic, a la mode Parisian
By Alicia Chesser

Flash Review 2, 12-30: Downtown Decoys
Trisha Brown, and Liebeslieder Walzing, at the Paris Opera Ballet
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 12-19: Unaccustomed Fit
Plenty in Nothing from Laurent Pichaud & Co.
By Melanie Rios

Flash Review Journal, 12-19: Dancers on Film
The Menagerie Reflects; Rizzo Reduces; Toumanova at the Front
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 3, 12-19: The Bone Orchard
Evans's "When Day Became Night" Can Still Grow
By Aimee Ts’ao

FLASH NEWS, 12-17: SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
RUSSELL TO LEAVE P.S. 122 AFTER TWO DECADES
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review Journal, 12-17: Classics
Von Krahl Re-envisions "Swan Lake"; Ailey Re-mounts McKayle's 'Rainbow'
By Susan Yung

Flash Report, 12-17: 'I am making steps, dear'
Balanchine, Influences
By Corinne Imberski

Flash Review 1, 12-12: OZmosis
Watch the Ceiling and Watch out for that Dog; Circus Oz Takes Manhattan
By Maura Nguyen Donohue

Flash Review 2, 12-12: Crashing & Soaring
In All-weather Conditions with Dayton's Flight Project
By Christine Chen

Flash Review 3, 12-12: Near-Pilobolus Experience
Everything but the Kitchen Sinks New Preljocaj
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 12-9: Beat Out that Rhythm
Les Ballets Jazz in One Note
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Broadway Journal, 12-9: Encores
"Never Gonna Dance" Does, and How; Audrey II All Over Again
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 3, 12-9: Something Lacking
Dancers' Choreography Falls Short for Sydney Dance Company
By Suzanne Davidson

Flash Review, 12-5: Looking for the Narrative
Story Hour with Balanchine, Robbins, and the Paris Opera Ballet
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Telling Stories Not Told Elsewhere
What We Cover, Why We Cover it, and How You Can Help Us Cover More
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review Dispatch, 12-3: 'Last Touch' for Last Program
As Netherlands Director Bows Out, Another Kylian Masterpiece Bows in
By Stephan Laurent

Flash Review 2, 12-3: Trying to Watch the Dance Go By (with apologies to Marcia Siegel)
Merce, Submerged and Submerging
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 12-1: Upstairs, Downstairs
Rambert, Dressed Up by Armitage, Hyped Up by McGregor, and Whirled About by de Frutos
By Josephine Leask

Flash Review 2, 12-1: Out of Body Experience
Waiting for the Dance with Emmanuelle Huynh
By Paul Ben-Itzak

November 2003

Flash Review 1, 11-25: 'Serenade' in Farrell Major
Ball, Pickard Shine as the Muse Celebrates the Master
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 2, 11-25: Killing the Concubines
National Ballet of China's 'Red Lantern' Raises the Ante
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 3, 11-25: Possibilities
Klep Fails to Steal the Show
By Darrah Carr

Flash Review Journal, 11-24: Space, the Final Frontier
Site-Limitless Work from Mantero and Fiadeiro
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review , 11-21: Errand Out of the Maze
GRAHAM COMPANY TAKES LONDON IN RETURN TO EUROPE
By Josephine Leask

Flash Report, 11-21: 'Lost' and Found
Tallchief, Franklin, and a Few Friends Recoup Balanchine Jewels
By Susan Yung

Flash Review Journal, 11-19: Voyagers
Journeys with John Neumeier
By Stephan Laurent

Flash Review 2, 11-19: Etch A Sketch in Streamlined Indigo
Forsythe's "Ricercar" = One Confused Room
By Rosa Mei

Flash Review 1, 11-18: Springboks and Gazelles
GarthFaganDanceCollage
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review Journal, 11-18: Latina Active
Bolerinas from Cuba; Barrio from the Earth
By Anna Arias Rubio

Flash Report, 11-18: Earthdancer
Oz Celebrates Russell Page
By Suzanne Davidson

Flash Review Dispatch, 11-14: Berlin Diary
Waltz from the 'Insideout'; Video no Game for Paasonen
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 2, 11-14: Of Little Deaths and Big Assets
ABT Shows its Deep Pockets in Contemporary Repertory
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 1, 11-12: Studs, Slatterns and Pasolini Angels
The Vandalized Lovemaps of RoseAnne Spradlin
By Chris Dohse

Flash Review 2, 11-12: Mirror, Mirror, on the Ceiling
Co-Existence, Chance and the Remarkable Merce
By Josephine Leask

Flash Review 3, 11-12: River Dance
Tanaka Tames the Waters
By Bonnie Sue Stein

Flash Review 1, 11-7: Caveman
Something Quite Weird, but Wonderful from Laurie Booth
By Josephine Leask

Flash Review 2, 11-7: Bring on the 'Boyz'
George Piper DANCES
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 3, 11-7: Swim
Beller, Kingsley, Reid Deliver Dance-Theater
By Corinne Imberski

Flash Review 1, 11-5: Sky-Watching
Charming Babilee Can't Save New Nadj
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 2, 11-5: Petit Encore
Contact Improvisation Meets Ballet Fish Pose in Opera's "Clavigo"
By Christine Chen

Flash Review Journal, 11-5: 'Body'
Dance Storms Melbourne Arts Fest
By Chloe Smethurst

October 2003

Flash Review Journal, 10-31: The Outsider
Skimming the Surface with DV8; Floating with Dubois and Duranteau
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Dialogue, 10-31: The Cunningham Conundrum
Lee Shapley: Don't Believe the Hype
Paul Ben-Itzak: Hype Merce!

Flash Review 1, 10-27: Much Ado
In Search of Meaning with Curt Haworth
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 10-27: Themes & Variations
De Mille, Ashton, Forsythe, Duato Highlight ABT Opening Week
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 3, 10-27: From Many, One
Douglas, Dube and Wilson Mine and Combine Cultures
By Douglas Frank

Flash Review 1, 10-24: Happy Accidents
In Cunningham's "Split Sides," the Details Make the Difference
By Robin Hoffman

Flash Review 2, 10-24: 'Rite' of Varone
Post-modern at the Met
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 3, 10-24: The Mediums are the Message
Guerin in the Mix
By Chloe Smethurst

Flash Review 1, 10-22: Muses
Farrell Preserves Balanchine
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 2, 10-22: 'Imitations of Drowning'
Harrington Ebbs and Flows
By Darrah Carr

Flash Review, 10-17: Dry Dance
Ballet Nacional de Cuba Tours its Force
By Susan Yung

Flash Review Journal, 10-17: Waiting for the Dance
FIND 2003: Dance at the Edge of Nothing
By Kelly Hargraves

Flash Review 1, 10-14: Ocean of Drums
Water Music, and Dance, from U-Theatre
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 10-14: Architexture
Following the Curve of the Locus with Gonzalez & Ott
By Tom Patrick

Flash Review 1, 10-10: Aufwiedersehen
At BAM, a Forsythe Testament
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review Journal, 10-10: Distortions & Expansions
Paris Opera Ballet Misses Balanchine; Larbi & Vandekeybus Extend Him
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Letter, 10-10: Fallen Branches
Nik's Children
From Eric Dunlap

Flash Review 1, 10-7: Here Comes the Mirror Man
At the Altar with Michael Clark
By Josephine Leask

Flash Review 2, 10-7: On a Clear Night
Parsons Christens Skirball (with a Little Help from Some Friends)
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 3, 10-7: Urban Jungles
Ruminations on 'Wild Life' from Wendy Rogers
By Christine Chen

Flash Review 1, 10-3: Ripples
Balanchine: Revivals and Responses

Flash Review 2, 10-3: Skin Game
Tan Dun, Dou-Dou Huang Drum Chen Zhen's Mind

September 2003

Flash Review 1, 9-30: Blazing Woks
From Korea, a Sizzling "Cookin'"
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 9-30: One Big Umbrella
Dance Umbrella Turns Silver, with a Little Help from its Friends
By Josephine Leask

Flash Review Journal, 9-26: Synthesis
The Other Way from Khan, Quasar, and Salia ni Seydou
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 2, 9-26: From Rosas, Somewhat Elevated
Zoo Chatters
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review, 9-24: Perennials
'Cactus' Redux from Momix
By Richard Philp

Flash Review, 9-23: Bouncy Billy
In Forsythe's 'Castle,' Everyone's a Dancer
By Tara Zahra

Flash Review Journal, 9-19: Green
New O'Connor & Morris by the Bay
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash View and Response, 9-19: Blind Spot?
Deborah Jowitt and "The Phantom Project"
View by Paul Ben-Itzak
Letter in Response from Deborah Jowitt

Flash Review 2, 9-19: Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here
Headlong into Hell with "Britney's Inferno"
By Alissa Cardone

Flash Review, 9-16: The Legend Continues....
Dunham Feted by de Lavallade & Co.
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Response, 9-16: Nik's Legacy
By Trista Redavid & Peter Kyle

Flash Review 1, 9-12: Still Re-born
Jones/Zane Looks Back and Finds You Can't Go Home Again
By Chris Dohse

Flash Review Journal, 9-12: Davids and Goliath
Plenty to See at Dancenow Base Camp; All Lec., no Dem. from Professor-Promoter Tharp
By Tom Patrick

Flash Review 1, 9-9: Traditions, Origins, Influences
Peking Opera, Ancestral Tributes, and Parsons's Bad Dreams make Evening Stars
By Tom Patrick

Flash Review 2, 9-9: I'll take a cosmo with that contraction
Dancenow/NYC Brings it to the (Joe's) Pub Crowd
By Darrah Carr

Flash Review, 9-5: Bedtime Stories
Ruckert Plays with the Audience
By Susan Yung

Flash Advice, 9-3: Flack Attack
The Best Publicists in New York... & Beyond
By Paul Ben-Itzak

August 2003

Flash Review, 8-28: Telling Tales
Frit & Frat on the Rat Race, "Gypsy Tales" for Kids, and More Stories from the Fringe
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review, 8-26: Women's Work
Rituals from Arreola; Watch out, Pina -- Here comes Garong
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 1, 8-14: Ladies 'r' Us
Running Out with Eva Dean Dance
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 8-14: Mr. Musicality
Mark Morris Makes Old Music New
By Douglas Frank

Flash News, 8-11: Taps for a Dancer
GREGORY HINES, FEBRUARY 14, 1946 - AUGUST 9, 2003
By Paul Ben-Itzak, Tom Patrick, and Darrah Carr

Flash Review, 8-7: Refugees
Liberating Dance from Palestinian Troupe
By Anna Arias Rubio

Flash Review, 8-5: "Escapade"
Bollywood on the South Bank
By Josephine Leask

July 2003

Flash Review, 7-31: Tharpasized
Call to the Oxymoronic
By Vanessa Manko

Flash Review, 7-30: Rites of Choreography
Visions of the Known from Shen Wei
By Susan Yung

Flash Insider Film Review, 7-24: "The Company"
Looking at Ballet Through a Telescope
By Robin Hoffman

Flash Film Review, 7-24: Altman Introduces "The Company"
A Valentine to Dance
by Susan Yung

Flash Review 1, 7-24: In 'Court'
A Dance Installation for an Audience of Three
By Josephine Leask

Flash Review, 7-23: 'Bitches' Dance
De Keersmaeker Jams with Miles
By Tara Zahra

Flash Review, 7-17: "Giselle" 2003
Paris Opera Ballet: The Real Thing
By Nicole Pope

Flash Review 1, 7-15: Lighten up!
Dance Theatre of Harlem Strains at Classical, Shines for Robbins
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 7-15: Collaborations
Musicians Crowd Laban Centre Show
By Josephine Leask

Flash News, 7-10: Quel Dommage!
Avignon, Aix Festivals Canceled by Artist Strike
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review, 7-10: Long Ballet's Journey
'St. Louis' Splashy but Long, 'Four T's" Sub-par as Harlem Plays Lincoln Center
By Susan Yung

Flash News & Analysis, 7-8: Representing
Graham Signs with Shagan and Re-ups with Pesle
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash News, 7-8: Grievances
Artists' Strike Cancels Avignon Opening
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review, 7-3: Spells
Mixed 'Summer' from City Ballet
By Alicia Mosier

Flash Review 1, 7-1: Picasso and the Dance
Jude, Hoyos & Bordeaux Revive an Era at Chatelet
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 2, 7-1: Oceans of Motion
Swanson Cubed
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash News, 7-1: Long Hot Summer
Artists' Union Forces Cancellation of Montpellier, Marseille festivals; Aix & Avignon Threatened
By Paul Ben-Itzak

June 2003

Flash Review 1, 6-26: Dancing Fairies
A Dream 'Dream' from City Ballet
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 6-26: Somber Fools
Angsty Antics from Pilobolus, Version '03
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Review 1, 6-25: Sans Coeur
The Hollow House of Alvin Ailey
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 2, 6-25: Variety Show
Bartlett, Workum & Co. Dance Off with Joe
By Maura Nguyen Donohue

Flash Review 3, 6-25: Offering a Slow Medicine
Eiko & Koma on the Pleasures of Eating Dirt for Public Service
By Alissa Cardone

Flash Review 1, 6-24: Mountain Fresh
Elevated Rep. & Dancers from Aspen Santa Fe
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 6-24: 'Rite' Ballet, Wrong Feeling
Joffrey Ballet of Chicago Mummifies Diaghilev
By Aimee Ts'ao

Flash Review 3, 6-24: Dreamtime
Into the "Bush" with Bangarra
By Chloe Smethurst

Flash Review Journal, 6-19: Cripples
Stirring Spectacle from Aurelie Dupont and Raimond Hoghe
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 2, 6-19: Weill Song
Something to Care About from Het
By Jill Cirasella

Flash Review 3, 6-19: Impressions
From the World of Degas to the 45th Parallel with Peter Sparling
By Corinne Imberski

Flash Review 1, 6-17: Rite of Passages
An Industrial 'Spring' and other Hybrids from Lionel Hoche
By Maura Nguyen Donohue

Flash Review 2, 6-17: Chiselers
Wheeldon Carves, Whelan Glows, and Balanchine Rounds 'em up for City Ballet
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 1, 6-12: Heart of the Cave
Petronio Sets Sydney Dance to the Poet of Goth
By Suzanne Davidson

Flash Review 2, 6-12: Where the 'Wild Swans' Grow
Tankard Tanks at Oz Ballet
By Chloe Smethurst

Flash Flashback, 6-11: Secret Origins of The Dance Insider
Five Years of Telling Stories not Told Elsewhere
By Veronica Dittman

Flash Review 1, 6-11: Emotions in Motion
O'Brien Opens up
By Chris Dohse

Flash Review 2, 6-11: Dancing Hard, Hard Dancing
City Ballet: Just Your Typical (World-class) Regional Company
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 1, 6-10: Spaces
On the non-Frontal Frontier with Blum Dance Theatre
By Tom Patrick

Flash Review 2, 6-10: Burrowing
Jonathan Burrows Sits and Dances
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 3, 6-10: Back to the Future
Moscow Stanislavsky puts Tchaikovsky's 'Swan' Back Together Again
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review Journal, 6-5: The Unseeing Observer
La vraie danse francaise, from the Bastille to the Menagerie
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 6-3: Bye-bye Bocca
ABT Star Bows as Romeo
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 2, 6-3: Feet Aflame
Euro-inflected Hubbard Street Returns to NYC
By Tom Patrick

Flash Review 3, 6-3: Puppet People
A propos Marionettes, Dancers, Doubles, and Karine Saporta
By Paul Ben-Itzak

May 2003

Flash Review, 5-29: Without Dance, They'd Just be Thinkers
Reflections in a Post-modern Eye from John Jasperse
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Review Journal, 5-28: Shut up and Dance
Hobling Gives a Schooling: It's the Body, Stupid
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 2, 5-28: The Mark of Smuin
New "Zorro" from an Old Master
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 3, 5-28: Is that all there is? too
Strong Starts, Week Endings from Mansur & McLaughlin
By Corinne Imberski

Flash Review 1, 5-22: Poetry in Motion
Harris in 'Mekka'
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 5-22: Is that all there is?
In Choreographic Purgatory with ABT in the 'HereAfter'
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 3, 5-22: Stone Mush
"Afrofuturistic" at the Kitchen
By Anne Zuerner

Flash Review 1, 5-19: wrightright
Smooth New Work from Haphazard
By Maura Nguyen Donohue

Flash Review 2, 5-19: Guide to Strange Dances
Playful 'Carnival' from Wheeldon (and Lithgow)
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 3, 5-19: Guide to 'New' Dances
At SF Ballet Season-Closer, Ratmansky Starts the 'Carnaval,' Adam Stiffens the Torso, and Welch Meanders
By Aimee Ts'ao

Flash Review 1, 5-15: To Drink of Humanity
All Hail McKayle
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 2, 5-15: Time-Lapse
Back to the Future with Fuller and Sperling
By Vanessa Manko

Flash Review 3, 5-15: Jailbait
Perfect Forsythe from NDT
By Jill Cirasella

Flash Perspective, 5-13: The Full Suitor
A Dancer's First Mother's Day
By Rebecca Stenn

Flash Review 1, 5-13: Claustrophobia
Monitoring the "Hall" with Yasmeen Godder
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 5-13: Star Power
Cojocaru Elevates ABT 'Bayadere'
By Susan Yung

Flash Review, 5-6: Royal Remembrance
From the Toxic to the Fun to the Sad, MacMillan Feted
By Josephine Leask

Flash Review Journal, 5-6: Falls and Recoveries
At Podewil, Khan Runs Mouth, Two Fish Trolls, Pisani Persists, and Kinkaleri Falls
By Julia Ritter

Flash Review 1, 5-5: Occupation
Greco PC, on One Level
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Review 2, 5-5: "Poon"
Lavish! Lascivious!
By Darrah Carr

Flash Review 3, 5-5: Orchestral Maneuvers in the Dark
Shadow Boxing, and More, from Wieland & Paradigm
By Susan Yung

Flash News, 5-1: She will be missed
Muriel Topaz, Notation Giant, Dead at 70
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Tribute, 5-1: In Memorium
Muriel Topaz, Teacher
By Rebecca Stenn

April 2003

Flash Review Journal, 4-30: Double Helix
Big Scope Dance from Dodge and Tap Fusion
By Tom Patrick

Flash Review 2, 4-30: Modern Dance Hell
Close Rencontres of the French Kind
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 3, 4-30: China Women
From Living Dance Studio, a "Report on the Body," and more
By Vanessa Manko

Flash News, 4-28: APAP "Letter Agreement"
In at Least One Case, Ex-employee Claims, Arts Presenters Sought to Condition Severance on Confidentiality Agreement
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 4-28: Miami Slice
Villella & Co. Illuminate Mr. B -- and the Pitfalls of Jazz Ballets
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 2, 4-28: La Petite Danseuse
Advice to Tourists: There's Better Choreography at the Crazy Horse than in Latest Opera Creation
By Katharine Kanter

Flash Review, 4-24: Encounters
Tanz-Miniatures from Wolfl and Neuer Tanz
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash First-person, 4-24: BBOC (Big Ballet on Campus)
A University Creates a New Evening-Length Ballet
By Stephan Laurent

Flash Tribute and Announcement, 4-23: A notre mere bien aimee
Shoes, and More, for Taglioni
By Paul Ben-Itzak
Photography by Maina Gielgud, Rosa Mei, and PBI
Designed by Robin Hoffman
Research by Nicole Pope

Flash Review, 4-23: Grand Illusion
Funny 'Girls' from Les Ballets Grandiva
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash News, 4-22: BERTRAM ROSS, 1920 - 2003
Martha's Saint Michael Flies with the Angels
By Paul Ben-Itzak
and Darrah Carr

Flash Study, 4-22: Remembering Ross
When a 'Saint' Emanated Threads of Light
By Peter Sparling

Flash Review, 4-22: Freddy's Dead
Bejart Makes Sure the Show goes on
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 4-18: Unglaublich
Rat-faced Bastards in the Kitchen with Sarah Michelson
By Chris Dohse

Flash Study, 4-17: Dido and Didi
Getting the Low-down on Morris's Guillermo Resto
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Review 2, 4-17: Jewels in the Pantry
Perm in Cupertino: A Classic Cramped
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 1, 4-16: Figure Studies
Body Language from Daniel Leveille
By Chris Dohse

Flash Review 2, 4-16: The End
Last Days and More from Lucy Guerin
By Vanessa Manko

Flash Review 1, 4-10: Casting for Stars
From Australian Ballet, Uneven Dancing in a Cranko Masterpiece
By Suzanne Davidson

Flash Review 2, 4-10: Gems
Diana, Maffre, Solomakha Glisten in SF Ballet "Jewels"
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 3, 4-10: The Disenchanted
Bejart's Magic, Muzzled Flute
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review, 4-8: WYSIWYG
'Opus' Momix: Is that all there is?
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 1, 4-3: Legacies
In Cranko's House with Stuttgart
By Aimee Ts'ao

Flash Review 2, 4-3: Shadows of our Forgotten Ancestors
With TasDance, Weir & Adams Essay a Troubling Past
By Chloe Smethurst

Flash News, April 1: Resurrection
APAP TAPS PROTAS AS NEWEST VEEP
By C.P. Vrai

Flash Review 1, 4-1: Drifting
From Breuss/Suppan and Gehmacher, Art for Artists' Sake
By Tara Zahra

Flash Review 2, 4-1: Melanging
New Steps, Some Stumbling from Carr
By Vanessa Manko

March 2003

Flash Review, 3-27: Dance in the Age of Cholera
Larbi on War & Other Follies
By Rosa Mei

2002, a Faith Odyssey
...or How I Survived the Edinburgh Fringe and Learned to Love Redbull
By Faith Pilger

Flash Review Journal, 3-25: Sans Mirror
Taylor Dancers in Fine Form, Music in Wrong Form for NY Season
By Tom Patrick

Flash Review 1, 3-25: Fun House
Curran & Co. Just Wanna Have Fun
By Vanessa Manko

Flash Review 2, 3-25: New House
Curran Lends 'Graces' to Awkward "Albertine"
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 1, 3-20: Present
Esse Aficionado Taps the Current
By Douglas Frank

Flash Review 2, 3-20: The Perks
Stenn & Co. Pull off the Impossible
By Angela Jones

Flash Review 1, 3-18: Don Q, Wrong Hue
New SF Ballet "Don Quixote" Misses Mark
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 2, 3-18: Still Kickin'
Dancing Feld, Baryshnikov Re-orders the Alphabet
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review Journal, 3-14: It Must Have been the 'Roses'
March, Snow, and Taylor: Springtime in New York
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Review 2, 3-14: Haring for Babies
'Radiant' won't let Keith Grow Up
By Susan Yung

Women on the Verge, 1: Transformations
Cycling the Journey with Dawn Akemi Saito
By Peggy H. Cheng

Women on the Verge, 2: Facing Effacing
Shick, Screened and Unscreened
By Nancy Dalva

Women on the Verge, 3: Infanticides, Shrews, and Sluts
Ek Skewers the Fair Sex at the Paris Opera; Teshigawara Rides Their Wings
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 3-6: Balancing Balanchines
Plenty of the Same Vein from S.F. Ballet
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 2, 3-6: What's Black, White, and Vulgar all Over?
"Wild Zebra" Tramples Taste
By Chloe Smethurst

Flash Review 1, 3-4: Asking What's Next
From Rosen/Bernstein and Peloquin, Transitions
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 3-4: Thinking Tech
Into the 'Future' with Troika's Smart Video Dance
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 3, 3-4: She's Sort of got the Music in Her
Miller Meets Bach, Half-way
By Nancy Dalva

February 2003

In Memorium, 2-27: The Comet-Chaser
Portrait of an Artist: Amy Sue Rosen
By Rosa Mei

Flash Review Journal, 2-27: Spectacles
'Muscle'-Flexing from Dunn & Co.; Osta Surprise; Merce Mugged by French Robots
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 2, 2-27: Baker's Choice
Vintage Gems and a New Dud on White Oak Alum
By Nancy Dalva

Flash News, 2-26: Strike!
As Looming Changes in Unemployment Rules Threaten France with "Cultural Decertification," Artists and Theaters Stop Work for a Day
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 2-26: Talking Small, Moving Large
Banal Drama, Sublime Dance from Gordon & Co.
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Review 2, 2-26: Lingering Images
Taking a Kin to Robert Moses
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 1, 2-20: Merce, Encountered
Feting the 50th on the Coast
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 2, 2-18: Send in the Clowns
Cohen Mines Mask, Clown, Film and Twister
By Vanessa Manko

Flash Review Journal, 2-20: Following the Threads through Sheaths of Sweat
Searching for Japanese & Other Things with a Soft American Conscience
By Maura Nguyen Donohue

Flash Review Journal, 2-18: War Dance
At 'The Green Table' with Pina Bausch
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 2-18: Arbor
In the Many-Splendored City Ballet Garden
By Alicia Mosier

Flash Review 2, 2-18: Regally Raw
Mixed Results from the Royal Ballet School
By Susan Yung

Flash Review Journal, 2-12: Last Call at the Butoh Foundry
Asbestos Kan Bids Adieu to the Hijikata Studio; Kasai Divine as "Lovely Jean Paul"
By Maura Nguyen Donohue

Flash Review 2, 2-12: All in the Family
Grounded in the Duet with Bridgman & Packer
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 3, 2-12: Mandala
Exploring the New and Old with Tai-gu Tales
By Peggy H. Cheng

Flash Responses, 2-11: Terminated
Mullins, Fontaine, & White on Sandstrom; White on White; Dorfman on NJ Gov's Arts Attack

Flash Review 1, 2-11: Radiant Heat
Noche Flamenca Burns the Night at Joe's Pub
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 2-11: Ballads
At City Ballet, Sylve's Got the Look and Tewsley the Ballon
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 1, 2-6: Of These, History and Hope
Graham Season: And Now the Work
By Alicia Mosier

Flash Review 2, 2-6: Flamenco, Generations
Amaya, Canales, Manolete, Farruquito, Farruco, and Soler -- and Musicians -- Fete the World Music Institute
By Anna Arias Rubio

Flash Study, 2-4: Beneath the Scarf
Stretching Time, Swooning for Kyra Nichols
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Response, 2-4: On Philip Sandstrom
White: The Real Story; Feldman: DTW's Huge Mistake

January 2003

Flash Review, 1-30: "Einstein's Daughters"
Epifano's Theory
By Aimee Ts’ao

Flash Review 1, 1-29: Moscow! Moscow! Moscow!
Guillem a Dream in Royal Triple Bill
By Josephine Leask

Flash Review 2, 1-29: How Swell
Rodgers, Sylve Swellegent at the State Theater
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 3, 1-29: Giddy-up!
Brawling, Broncos, even an Underwater Cowgirl Ballet -- "Trick Saddle" has it All
By Peggy Cheng

Flash Review Dispatch, 1-28: No Cutting
In the Killing Fields and Other Climes with Asian Women Directors
By Maura Nguyen Donohue

Flash Review 2, 1-28: Viva la Diva!
Oliver Delivers the Icons
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review Journal, 1-28: Vienna Dances
Colas Falls But Opera, Tanzquartier Rise
By Tara Zahra

Flash Review 1, 1-23: Deep Songs
The Martha Graham Dance Company is in the House
By Tom Patrick

Flash Review 2, 1-23: Tanz Can Dance
In "NoBody," Waltz puts the Body Back in Dance Theater
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 3, 1-23: Broadway Orphan
Thou May Be Swell, But What art Thou doing in the New York State Theater?
By Susan Yung

Flash Review 1, 1-22: Eight is Enough
Early Martins Delights on a New Generation of NYCB Dancers
By Alicia Mosier

Flash Review 2, 1-22: 'Holocaust Stories'
Tales of Horror from Gabrielle Lansner
By Catey Ott

Flash Review 1, 1-21: Making Sad Eyes at 'David'
Nichols Speaks Softly and Delivers a Big Wallop
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Review 2, 1-21: Cornered
Green & Wright Meet in the 'Interim'
By Chris Dohse

Flash Review Journal, 1-21: Eating 'Jennie'; Cocooning
Darger Ripens for Wellman & Parsons; Uchizono Floats a 'Butterfly'
By Susan Yung

Flash News, 1-16: Oz in Texas
Houston Taps Welch to Lead Ballet
By Paul Ben-Itzak
with Tim Heathcote in Australia

Flash Review, 1-16: Hooked on a Feeling
Springtime for "Nijinsky" & "Sylvia," with Neumeier
By Paul Ben-Itzak

Flash Review 1, 1-14: Mind Games
Quick (Anita) Cheng Artist
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 1-14: Horseplay
In Garfield's Green Pastures
By Nancy Dalva

Flash Review 1, 1-9: Invisible Content, Visible
ChameckiLerner: Nowhere Women
By Gus Solomons jr

Flash Review 2, 1-9: Isolationists
Up Against the Fourth Wall in Wally's World
By Angela Jones

Flash Review 3, 1-9: All the World's a Tanztage
Festival Provides Stage for Choreographers Young and Old
By Julia Ritter

Flash Review Dispatch, 1-8: Healing and Homesickness
In India, Poorva Televises the Revolution for Asian Women Artists
By Maura Nguyen Donohue

Flash Review 2, 1-8: Movement Cocktail
Elkins Gets a Lock on Pop Culture
By Anne Zuerner

Flash Dispatch, 1-02: Catalonian Contemporary
Sitting with Tricicle, Making Origami with Mudances, & More
By Julia Ritter

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