LaMama Moves/Online
Tamar Rogoff with Merri Milwe
"Wonder About Merri"
Kevin Augustine/Lone Wolf Tribe
"Body Concert"
Tamar Rogoff with Mei Yamanaka
"The Yamanakas at Home"
January 27, 2021
by Tom Phillips
Copyright 2021 by Tom Phillips
It's not that often that three disparate dance pieces fit together so well that they seem to be subtly referring and comment- ing on each other -- but last night's trio of experiments from LaMama seemed to have been made with each other in mind. The bookends were two short pieces by Tamar Rogoff -- one set in downtown Manhattan, the other in a residential neighborhood of Tokyo -- with entirely different characters and themes, but a single groove -- a Motown beat that gets you on your feet, and won't let you do anything but dance.
The Yamanakas at Home -- Photo by Mei Yamanaka