The music video features the typical plot of Bart rebelling against authority when he decides to put his own spin on a rigidly choreographed dance presentation at Springfield Elementary School.
Or, more precisely, she's given dance presentation a makeover with Platforms 2010, a splendid series of artist-as-curator programs shown mainly at the St. Mark's Church.
Their respective dance and theater troupes join forces in "A Rite," SummerScape's sole dance presentation this season, reflecting on the ballet's volatile reception in 1913 and the historical moment surrounding it.
In following Sarah Michelson, the biennial's first dance presentation, Mr. Clark is at a disadvantage.
The work, first performed on Thursday night at Danspace Project, served to introduce Platforms 2010, an artist-organized series conceived by the space's executive director, Judy Hussie-Taylor, in an attempt to widen the scope of dance presentation.
Michael Clark's latest dance presentation at the Barbican is a visceral reminder of what art can do.
The assignment demanded that they work within certain constraints — to situate the center on about 30,000 square feet near the One World Trade Center office tower and to accommodate the dance presentation needs of the Joyce Theater, which was selected as a tenant for the building in 2004.
Its sold-out two-week run is the first dance presentation at the gallery since 2001.
The gap between mainstream dance presentation and work that pushes past the limits of comfort seems to be growing larger.
The dance presentation, led by Dorothy Olsson, the director of the historical company, and Kaspar Mainz, its artistic director, was lively and kaleidoscopic, perhaps to a fault, with numerous examples of dance steps.
