“"Many Parkinson's patients will freeze. But if there's music playing with a constant steady beat, it's almost like a reminder to keep stepping," said Leilani Pearl, director of communications with the National Parkinson Foundation.”
“While the judges heaped praise and predicted that Lauren and Kent would make up the top two, I’m now a Billy believer: I hope he makes it to the finale.”
“The objective, instead, was to bring in choreographers who could play with a concept that Cunningham himself created for performances he called "events," in which he would take previously created choreography and reshape it for a new venue.”
“With the expiration of its lease in Chelsea approaching and a promised move to ground zero still remote, the group has been forced to consider alternative sites where it might have to move after 35 years on Eighth Avenue.”
“New York City Center's seventh annual Fall for Dance Festival, running September 28 - October 9, will showcase 20 national and international companies and choreographers.”
“The show is least effective when the dancing gives way completely to vocal numbers, and at times it’s a bit too self-indulgent, as many autobiographical ventures tend to be.”