Zimmer on Dance: ‘Women / Create!’ at New York Live Arts

Zimmer on Dance: ‘Women / Create!’ at New York Live Arts

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | For years, Jennifer Muller/The Works has curated a spring festival of edgy female choreographers in Muller’s Chelsea loft. This month, an expanded version of the project (Women / Create!—A Festival of Dance) moves down the block into the spacious environs of New York Live Arts, and features, in addition to Muller’s […]

‘Swan’ Song: Celebrating the Remarkable Life of Paul Swan

‘Swan’ Song: Celebrating the Remarkable Life of Paul Swan

BY TRAV S.D. | Today, June 5,  is the birthday of Paul Swan (1883-1972). How fitting that it falls during PRIDE month! Swan was one of the most remarkable artists of the 20th century: painter, sculptor, model, dancer, choreographer, poet, movie actor, set and costume designer, and—for a few weeks in 1914–vaudevillian. Furthermore, he functioned […]

A World of Dance, at Home in Chelsea

A World of Dance, at Home in Chelsea

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | Chelsea teems with historic dance in late May, including five days of performances by the venerable Limón Dance Company at the Joyce, and six shows, curated by Sans Limites Dance, at the Hudson Guild Theater, featuring work by close to 50 different choreographers from around the globe. Performing with the Limón […]

Shea Couleé Came to Slay, and Conquered

Shea Couleé Came to Slay, and Conquered

BY SCOTT STIFFLER | Who needs snark when you have an abundance of sweetness? Who needs to be cocky when carry yourself with such confidence? RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 9 contestant Shea Couleé slayed at West 42nd Street’s Laurie Beechman Theatre last night, with a candid bio show that “RuVealed” intimate details on growing up, […]

The Makeup Show Proves Beauty is Power

The Makeup Show Proves Beauty is Power

BY CHARLES BATTERSBY | “I didn’t know that make up could be a job,” said makeup artist James Vincent, at a preview of The Makeup Show. Mr. Vincent is the Director of Education and Artist Relations at The Makeup Show, an industry convention which took up four floors of the Metropolitan Pavilion, (125 W. 18th […]

Dozens of Scenes from Night of 1000 Stevies

Dozens of Scenes from Night of 1000 Stevies

PHOTO ESSAY BY WINNIE McCROY | Downtown notables mingled with festive partygoers on Saturday, May 4, at the 29th Annual Night of 1000 Stevies—the beloved Stevie Nicks fan event that graced many venues, among them the High Line Ballroom, Hiro Ballroom, The Knitting Factory, and Don Hill’s, before landing at Irving Plaza for this year’s […]

Zimmer on Dance: May Fare

Zimmer on Dance: May Fare

BY ELIZABETH ZIMMER | One of the great success stories of American contemporary dance is that of David Parsons, an athletic kid, fond of the trampoline, who emerged from Kansas City in 1977 with a work/study scholarship to New York’s Ailey School. He supported himself pumping gas in Manhattan, until an apprenticeship with the Paul […]

Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Blow the Man Down’

Tribeca Film Festival Review: ‘Blow the Man Down’

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW BY SEAN EGAN | Like the imposing chorus of shanty-singing fishermen that opens the film, the specter of the patriarchy lingers long over Blow the Man Down. The new noir from writer/directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy, finds a small Maine fishing town grappling with the collective traumas caused by […]