vvjl Two Blistering Solos Raise the Stakes at Live Artery

Symara Sarai, like a hurricane, tore up the stage in her aptly named solo “I want it to rain inside.” She made it storm. In another solo on another stage, Leslie Cuyjet, methodical and refinedvvjl, commanded a different kind of attention with her flawless pacing and nuance. Her “For All Your Life” was a tour de force.

These two rare meetings of the body and the mind made for a day to remember last week at Live Artery 2025, a festival of contemporary dance and performance, which aims to push the limits of creativity, of genre, of form. This year the ambitious event, presented by New York Live Arts, features events on-site and off.

“In recent weeks, a conversation around whether to change how we allocate our Electoral College votes has returned to the forefront,” Mr. McDonnell said in a statement on Monday. “I respect the desire of some of my colleagues to have this discussion, and I have taken time to listen carefully to Nebraskans and national leaders on both sides of the issue. After deep consideration, it is clear to me that right now, 43 days from Election Day, is not the moment to make this change.”

Ms. Gray’s 14-year-old son, Colt, is being charged as an adult for murder in the deadliest school shooting in Georgia’s history. He is accused of bringing an AR-15-style rifle to Apalachee High School in Winder,peso99 login Ga., earlier this month, killing four — two students and two math teachers — and injuring at least nine.

Sarai’s “I want it to rain inside,” presented in a studio space at Live Arts, was a homage, in part, to her father and his roots in the American West and South. (There was a maternal layer, too.) In the dance, which delved into cowboy culture, Sarai layered improvisation with set material, sometimes addressing the audience and sometimes ignoring it as she charged across the space as if possessed.

Her ability to slip behind and in front of the fourth wall was a delight. At one point, she pulled out a rope to perform two lasso tricks inspired, ostensibly, by her father. “My daddy was a trickster,” she said. “And just like my daddy, I like tricks.”

Nailing the second took a couple of do-overs — smart shows, she said, “invite success and failure” — but eventually she expertly twirled the rope until it danced around her body. Such interludes struck the right contrast to Sarai’s daring dancing and her vigorous interactions with folding chairs.

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