ZviDance!

Zvi Gotheiner is one of my favorite choreographers. I met Zvi almost ten years ago and on Thursday night, I was fortunate enough to photograph his annual fall dance benefit piece, Personals (2008).  His work is amazing.
ZviDance is “a company comprised of athletic and lyrical dancers that blends contemporary aesthetics with lush, full-bodied movement.”
Personals, set [...]

Jonathan Phelps on Broadway

My friend Jonathan always dreamed of dancing on Broadway. I learned at his tribute, “A Celebration in Song and Dance” at Symphony Space at 95th & Broadway, that he also dreamed that WalkerDance, a dance company of which he was a founding member, would perform in New York.
On Monday, April 6, his dreams came true. Jonathan [...]

Hora! Hora! Hora!

One of my favorite parts of a Jewish wedding or a bar-mitzvah is the hora dance. What is a hora dance? Well… I learned more about it at Everything2.com but here is an edited version:
The hora is a traditional circle dance performed at Jewish celebrations (weddings, post-bar mitzvah parties, and the like). 
As the music starts, [...]

Elephant Dreams

Elephant Dreams, a dance theatre piece based on the life of John Merrick (“The Elephant Man”), performed by Delirious Dances premieres on January 23rd at the Joyce Soho. Set in America during the 1950s, the piece is directed and choreographed by Edisa Weeks.
Literally minutes before I walked into the theatre to shoot the dress rehearsal, [...]