New York Times: "Horse, the Solos" selected as one of "Best Dance Performances of 2023"


Elliot Marmouset, foreground, and other members of 

Cullberg in Deborah Hay’s “Horse, the Solos.”

Photo credit... Andrea Mohin/The New York Times


"Best Dance Performances of 2023" by Gia Kourlas and Brian Seibert, Dec. 6, 2023

Cullberg


Deborah Hay’s hypnotic “Horse, the Solos,” performed at the Joyce Theater by the Swedish company Cullberg, cast an indelible spell in just an hour. Hay, a founding member of Judson Dance Theater, the 1960s experimental collective, was an associate artist at Cullberg for three years. “Horse,” both subtle and dramatic, reflects that time and trust. (Read NYTime’s review of “Horse, the Solos.”)

[Article link: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/06/arts/dance/best-dance-2023.html]

39TH ANNUAL BESSIES CEREMONY SET FOR AUGUST 4, 2023, AT LINCOLN CENTER

New York, NY (May 25, 2023) – The New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City’s premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, today announced the nominees for the 2023 Bessie Awards. This year’s Bessie Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, August 4, at 7:30pm, at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City. The event is free and open to the public.

Nominations are made by the Bessie Awards Selection Committee, an independent committee of dance industry professionals. With the change in the ceremony’s location this year, a new nominating time frame was established. Performances presented between June 1, 2022, and March 31, 2023, were eligible for consideration. Award categories include Outstanding Choreographer/Creator, Outstanding Performer, Outstanding Revival, Outstanding Sound Design or Music Composition, Outstanding Visual Design, and Outstanding Breakout Choreographer. Additional awards are given for Lifetime Achievement, Service to the Field of Dance, and a special Juried Award in partnership with NYS DanceForce.

“Under the auspices of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, The Bessies are thrilled to celebrate this year’s artists with the dance community at our first free ceremony in decades,” said Bessies Executive Director Heather Robles.

 

The 2023 Bessie Awards Nominations, outstanding choreographer/creator:

Deborah Hay

Horse, The Solos

The Joyce Theater