Dance

Nice, but not exactly ground breaking. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago wants you to love them. They’re not one of those experimental, way out there dance companies that doesn’t care what the public thinks about its performances. They’re like the nice girl in high school, who says thank you and always smiles whenever you say something.

The Goteborg Ballet proved why they are the largest contemporary dance company in Nordic countries

The program had all the ingredients for a memorable night of dance, but CND2 artistic director Nacho Duato outsmarted himself and mixed them all up.

Bill T. Jones, who recently won a Tony Award for Best Choreography for his current Broadway hit Fela!, will offer insights on the concept and development of Fondly when he visits Saratoga Springs on Friday, July 23. Jones will present a Personal Talk at 6:30 p.m. at the National Museum of Dance. The Talk is free for ticketholders to the July 28 performance of Fondly; cost for the general public is $5.

As a part of its commitment to world dance Jacob’s Pillow presents the U.S. premiere of Chui Chai by Thailand’s Pichet Klunchun Dance Company this week. Performances continue through Sunday, July 18. The hour long performance of a single work started in the slowly stylized manner of traditional Thai dance. It offered a highlight of the Nang Loi (Floating Lady) episode from the Ramayan epic.

Choreographer Karole Armitage has created a masterpiece of modern dance with "Three Theories," the evening-length work her group is performing this week at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket. She set out to create a dance based on theoretical physics, according to the program. But you don’t need to know anything about string theory or Einstein’s theory of relatively to be mesmerized by Armitage’s amazing creation.

“Monger” clocked in at just over an hour Thursday night at Jacob’s Pillow, but it felt more like four or five. All I kept thinking was, I hope this thing’s over soon so I can find out what NBA team LeBron James will be playing for next season. I was out in time to hear ‘the decision.’ His final answer? Miami.

A U.S. premiere from Thailand arrives at Jacob’s Pillow July 14-18 in the Doris Duke Theatre. In the full-length work Chui Chai (Transformation), internationally acclaimed performer and choreographer Pichet Klunchun entwines khon, a form of traditional Thai masked dance drama, with contemporary movement. Intricate costumes and masks and music by Sinnapa Sarasas create a world of ancient beauty and drama that Klunchun juxtaposes with elements of modernity

The 2010 Season of New York City Ballet at Saratoga Performing Arts Center opens on Tuesday, July 6 and extends through July 17. The season will feature 16 stunning ballets including three opening week performances of Balanchine’s beloved story ballet A Midsummer's Night Dream.. The classic work, based on Shakespeare’s famous play, features elaborate sets and costumes and a cast of over 100 dancers including more than 20 children from the Capital Region.