...a production that continues to set the standard against which later versions are measured.
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Reviews of Dance and Ballet Performances
The Japan Society consistently offers up some of the most eye-opening, refined evenings of music and dance in New York. One senses a real care in the curation...
With her startling presence, Gillot manages to supply Tree of Codes with the sense of purpose it otherwise lacks.
With a feast of baroque extravagance that would please the Sun King himself David McAllister’s new Sleeping Beauty for the Australian Ballet is destined for a long life in the company’s repertoire.
Hofesh Schechter joins the ranks of choreographers who have directed (or co-directed in Schechter’s case, along with John Fulljames) Gluck’s Orpheus opera: they include Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Pina Bausch and Mark Morris, among others.
Amici’s production celebrating its 35th anniversary is its first for five years, during which time the company for able-bodied and disabled performers had somewhat slipped from public awareness.
Scarlett has somewhat adapted his No Man’s Land since its first season, down-playing the munitions factory in which the women work...
Ballet Estable del Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires recently lived streamed Ashton's "Sylvia" from their home theatre. Graham Watts tuned in from a remote North Norfolk - it's a small world...
It's a significant accomplishment - Watkins has really marked his card.
Collaboration can be a wondrous thing, but it’s no guarantee.
As on the previous evening, various schools of Indian dance were on view, revealing fascinating echoes and differences between them.
I'm rather conflicted about the St Petersburg Ballet Theatre (SPBT) La Bayadere. On the one hand I recognise some great dancers and dancing when I see it and on the other hand none of it really added up to create a truly satisfying whole.
The overall standard of dancing of both NEBT and guests was very good - if the choreography was rather more mixed.
But the highlight of the evening—in part because of its novelty— were the two dances performed by Rakesh Sai Babu, the young male dancer specializing in the much less familiar Chhau dance style...
Amy Seiwert, a San Francisco-based choreographer, is gifted. For the last several years, she has held the position of Choreographer in Residence at Smuin Ballet, where she has arguably surpassed her mentor, the troupe's founding father, Michael Smuin, in choreographic talent...
I want to see what LeCrone can do with more bodies and longer pieces.
Kolesnikova supplies such poetry and ardour in her finely judged delivery of the role that it is definitely worth seeing for that alone...
A diverse company tells this story, thankfully. The women in particular are diverse in their movement quality, and Felesina is a standout among them.
Grass and Jackals possesses what B/olero leaves wanting. Oversized eyebrows painted on each dancer...
Dancers should be allowed to have fun, especially when they've worked as hard as Ivan Vasiliev and Natalia Osipova...