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Article: American Indian Dance Theater. (Joyce Theater, New York)
- Article from:
- The New Leader
- Article date:
- October 30, 1989
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FOLK MOVEMENTS
BECAUSE THEY often contain highly esoteric and idiosyncratic movement, modern and postmodern dance challenge the viewer. By contrast, national dance is a stable, accessible form. Lively, colorful and innocent, it is based on archaic customs out of sync with today's global village. That is its appeal, of course; nostalgia is comforting.
Be it the Moiseyev Ballet from the Soviet Union or the Ballet Folklorico from Mexico, the surprises of folk companies are athletic and sometimes poetic. Rarely, though, do they expand the possibilities of dance, let alone alter our sense of its purpose. Still, there are enlightening moments that call our ...