Osburnt: Dispatches From a Life Seared by the Arts

  • MalPaso Dance Company

    MalPaso Dance Company

    I had certain impressions of the MalPaso Dance Company of Cuba at the Joyce, but none was stronger than that the dancers had not been trained into their bodies but in them. They are so present in their physical selves that they must surely have been there always; they would need to be trained out…

  • Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet

    Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet

    Last night at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet outdid itself with a septet of special features: (1) The rare presence in New York of the band’s original drummer, Hugo Alcázar, as evidenced in this photo, a sharp, witty, assertive artist in every way; (2) a guest appearance by the notable jazz pianist…