There’s something about the dead center of winter that brings out the best in humanity. It might be the desire to stay huddled around the fire, TV, or kitchen table, when your people begin to look more like fellow travelers in life rather than the people constantly...
This past weekend, Dogtown Dance Theatre hosted the first weekend of its annual Richmond Dance Festival, a comprehensive three-weekend festival bringing together Richmond’s top local choreographers, alongside national and international dance artists, in the heart of historic Manchester. The festival exists as an initiative for Dogtown Dance...
Earlier this month, Richmond's Stavna Ballet brought top-quality ballet at an affordable price to Dogtown Dance Theatre. Stavna Ballet hosted the second production of their performance season, Director’s Choice, on April 12 and 13 at Dogtown Dance Theatre, and it was a treat to see. Stavna Ballet is a nonprofit dance company founded in Richmond...
For MK Abadoo, a professor in VCU's Department of Dance & Choreography, the art of interpretive dance is inseparable from the day-to-day struggle to fight racism and build stronger communities. 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first time enslaved people were brought to Virginia. 2019 is also the year Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney...
Involving dancers of all body types and embracing inclusivity and diversity, Company 360 works to make dance empowering and accessible for all. Bailey Anne Vincent might make you cry when you see her dance company on stage. “We do tend to go for as much emotion as possible. We tend to make people cry,” Vincent laughed. According to their website,...
In their first showcase, Richmond's Snap Soup Dance mixed choreography and film to create a moving representation of the post-collegiate struggle. On Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, Snap Soup Dance held “Dance Film Animation,” their first showcase of modern dance, choreography, dance film and animation, at Dogtown Dance Theatre in...
The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time, now showing at Virginia Repertory Theatre’s November Theatre, is a curious case of a potentially good play being marred by a confusing set design. I saw it on opening night at Virginia Rep’s November Theater, and while appreciating the refreshing perspective and talented acting, some distracting...
The concept of evil has been portrayed throughout human history, from pirates to aliens to dictators to the Devil himself. But how was the concept of evil or badness created? And why is the Devil the scapegoat? The answers to these questions come from the foul mouth of a talking puppet, Tyrone, in Hand to God, a collaboration production between...
A theatre out of Loudoun County, Virginia, is under legal action by Music Theatre International (MTI), one of the largest theatre licensing companies in the world. On July 17, MTI filed a copyright action in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia against Theaterpalooza Community Theater Productions, Inc., which operates...
After torrential downpours cut a Friday performance short, Agecroft Hall witnessed some nearly perfect weather on Saturday and Sunday during its performances of Quill Theatre’s second summer production, As You Like It. A classic romantic comedy of the Bard, As You Like It offers a commentary on the rigidity of gender and love through the mode of...
