Seriously moving

Choreographer Neil Ieremia’s contemporary dance group Black Grace’s Gathering Clouds performance in February at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre is reviewed in the New Jersey State Ledger. Reviewer Robert Johnson writes: “Black Grace takes its dancing seriously. If nothing else, this troupe skewers the claims of the New Zealand economist who once disparaged that country’s Pacific Island immigrants as underachievers. Gathering Clouds specifically targets those racial slurs, but the whole performance evinced remarkable commitment and an energy that rebounded without ever flagging until desires had been satisfied.” Black Grace continues its North American tour with several dates in Massachusetts and final performances at the Vancouver International Dance Festival on March 19.