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2007 Stories by Caroline Palmer

• Ballet of the Dolls: Nutcracker?! (not so) Suite

  published December 19, 2007

  The Ballet of the Dolls has no fear when it comes to upending tradition, so why should The Nutcracker be any exception? In Myron... More >>

• Taking Over

  published December 5, 2007

  Performer and playwright Danny Hoch has an uncanny talent for portraying the hopes, dreams, and disappointments of other people—regardless... More >>

• The Metropolitan Ballet: Nutcracker, The Rat King

  published December 5, 2007

  Finally, a version of the Nutcracker featuring, in this writer's humble opinion, the most interesting characters: the rats and mice! This fresh... More >>

• Zenon Dance Company : The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose

  published December 5, 2007

  Fresh off their masterful 25th anniversary concert, the Zenon dancers offer up a sweet holiday treat for the little ones with a smash-up of the... More >>

• Zenon's 25th Anniversary Fall Program

  published November 28, 2007

  For a quarter-century Zenon has set the national standard for repertory dance companies. Over the years, founder and director Linda Z. Andrews has... More >>

• Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre: Sol y Luna

  published November 28, 2007

  Over the past 24 years Susana di Palma has transformed the way local dance audiences experience flamenco by blending tradition with innovation.... More >>

• Choreographers' Evening

  published November 21, 2007

  For three decades the Walker has celebrated the Saturday after Thanksgiving with a dance extravaganza—an evening packed with short new works... More >>

• Jerome Bel and Pichet Klunchun: Pichet Klunchen and Myself

  published November 14, 2007

  In 2005, French choreographer Jérôme Bel stirred up controversy when his troupe performed "The Show Must Go On" at the Pantages... More >>

• Dousing the Mirage

  published November 7, 2007

  Water is big news these days. In some parts of the world it's becoming a precious resource and the subject of much geopolitical debate, especially... More >>

• Ballet of the Dolls: French Cabaret: La Chat Noir

  published October 24, 2007

  Few troupes can offer up a cabaret performance like Myron Johnson's Ballet of the Dolls can. They have cultivated a sense of style that transcends... More >>

• Faustin Linyekula and Les Studios Kabako: Festival of Lies

  published October 24, 2007

  Congo-based contemporary dance choreographer Faustin Linyekula begins his newest work, "Festival of Lies," with an explanation that he has a story... More >>

• ARENA Dances by Mathew Janczewski: Ugly

  published October 17, 2007

  American society is obsessed with beautiful people. Paparazzi record the weight gains and losses of Hollywood starlets as closely as Ben Bernanke... More >>

• Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan: Wild Cursive

  published October 10, 2007

  Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan produces works that combine traditional Chinese body disciplines such as martial arts with modern dance,... More >>

• The BodyCartography Project: Holiday House

  published September 19, 2007

  Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad of the BodyCartography Project travel the world performing and teaching, so it's understandable that they'd want... More >>

• Surprise Party

  published September 12, 2007

  It's late in the afternoon, and the members of James Sewell Ballet are nearing rehearsal's end at the Hennepin Center for the Arts.... More >>

• Deborah Jinza Thayer Movement Architecture

  published September 12, 2007

  Choreographer Deborah Jinza Thayer recently visited South Beach, Florida, the glitzy playground for the rich and... More >>

• Ananya Dance Theatre: Pipaashaa

  published September 5, 2007

  Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea combines the traditional Bengal dance form Odissi with a no-holds-barred street theater aesthetic to create works... More >>

• There Is a 'There' There!

  published June 20, 2007

  The Closer I Get the Less I Believe It at the Ritz combines the real with the virtual. More >>

• For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

  published June 13, 2007

  Live Action Set goes to the extreme with Desiderare: Desire the Undesirable. More >>

• Garbage in, Gold Out

  published April 18, 2007

  All Improbable Theater wants from you is 90 minutes and a huge roll of tape. More >>

• Gone Fishing

  published April 11, 2007

  Jon Ferguson squares off against America's #1 sea monster. More >>

• Plato's Retreat

  published February 14, 2007

  Got a few questions about love and human desire? Ask a philosophical nine-year-old. More >>