The Washington Post Names Three Companies from Northrop Season “Best Dance of 2021”

“I expected the dancers to be extraordinary, and they were — this is one of the top dance companies in the world, after all. I expected the works, both very familiar, to be complex, narratively powerful and exquisitely crafted, and they were … I’ve seen these works many times, and yet this occasion felt at once momentous and intimate … I felt this way in the theater and I carried the feeling home, and that sustained awareness of the depth of life is one of the gifts of seeing performance in person. Especially something as fine as the Taylor program."

Register for the FREE Paul Taylor Dance Company Open Rehearsal and Artists Q&A. Jan 19, 5:00 PM CT

Learn more and buy tickets to Paul Taylor Dance Company In-person Feb 12.

“I watched Ashwini Ramaswamy’s Let the Crows Come, a fascinating, beautifully developed exchange of dance styles among three women that was live-streamed from the Cowles Center in Minneapolis. Ramaswamy, who is the choreographic associate of the respected Minneapolis-based Ragamala Dance Company, specializes in the South Indian dance form bharatanatyam. She was joined by contemporary dancer Alanna Morris-Van Tassel and Berit Ahlgren.”

Learn more and buy tickets to Ragamala Dance Company’s The Fires of Varanasi, In-person Feb 26.

Learn more and buy tickets to Black Light a re:Search performance by Alanna Morris and Collaborators Feb 4-5, In-person at The Cowels Center and Livestream Feb 4-6

“Joining live shows and live streams, digital dance also has emerged with its own pleasures and artistic range. Choreographer/director Jacob Jonas, based in Los Angeles, has leveraged his connections to dancers, movement artists and filmmakers around the world into a cache of intriguing short films — most just a few minutes long and featuring stunning outdoor settings.”

Jacob Jonas The Company’s Films.Dance was part of the Northrop Film Series. Next up is Dancing Our Way Out Jan 14-21. Learn more and order pay-what-you-wish tickets.