Working with Mikhail Baryshnikov and White Oak, the innovative company that he had created, was an experience like none other…. Read more »
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Two short Ellen Jacobs Associates stories: 1. Trisha Brown’s career has been as fluid as her movement. We worked closely… Read more »
Pina Bausch Wuppertal Tanz Theater
The first time I saw Pina Bausch’s work was on an exceptionally hot night in June, 1984 at BAM. There… Read more »
Pilobolus Dance Theatre
I feel like I’ve known Pilobolus since childhood, having seen the company first at the American Dance Festival in the… Read more »
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Who is choreographer Paul Taylor? A question I asked myself for all twenty plus years we worked with him. “Be… Read more »
Merce Cunningham Dance Company
“Since everyone knows about the choreographic revolution you created, or at least, everyone who cares knows, what haven’t you spoken… Read more »
Martha Graham Dance Company
Martha Graham was an icon long, long before we ever worked with her (1983-1991). Further fame was not what she… Read more »
Les Ballets de Monte Carlo
Aside from watching the changing azure of the Mediterranean below while being transported from Nice to Monte Carlo on a… Read more »
Kings of Dance
Ballet may be a woman, according to Balanchine, but producer Sergei Danilian decided to give men an equal opportunity. He… Read more »
Royal Ballet
A compass and an additional fifteen minutes were needed to navigate the warren of offices as I wound my way… Read more »
France Moves
France colonized the American dance scene in New York City for three nonstop weeks in May of 2000. 10+ dance… Read more »
Eifman Ballet of St. Peterburg
Both loved and detested by New York dance writers for his Cecil B. DeMille emotional extravagance, Boris Eifman’s ballets draw… Read more »