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Get physical: movement theater like Jump broadens the audience for dance.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-OCT-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Get physical: movement theater like Jump broadens the audience for dance.(on broadway)

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When The New York Times reviewed Be, a high-energy melding of dance, drums, and acrobatics presented off-Broadway this spring by the Israeli performance group Mayumana, the headline read, "Who Needs a Narrative? Just Look Good and Bang on Stuff."

Reductive though it is, that headline could serve as a label for a whole school of musical theater that seems to be cropping up more and more regularly in places where narrative once held sway. A dancer looking for a job in these oddball productions is often better off with a resume that includes gymnastics, circus skills, and martial arts rather than one that stresses singing and acting. What's the point of being a "triple threat" in a show that relies mostly on recorded music or percussion and has little or no text? (And don't forget to mention your skating prowess.)

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