American Ballet Theatre – Harlequinade – New York
★★★★★ To my eye, this Harlequinade may be the most well-rounded of Ratmansky’s historically-minded stagings of Petipa.
American Ballet Theatre – The Sleeping Beauty – New York
★★★★✰ This is a production that lives and breathes, and which rewards multiple viewings, changing subtly with each cast.
Sean Kelly – From Ballet to Musical Theatre and Diablo Ballet’s A Swingin’ Holiday
Sean Kelly enjoyed a nearly two decades-long career as a principal dancer with Houston Ballet, and then decided to try his hand at Musical Theater. He joined the casts and/or became Dance Captain in such shows as Carousel, Swing, Moving On and Billy Elliot. He was recently in the San Francisco Bay Area to set a new holiday swing-themed premiere on Diablo Ballet…
DanceEast Rural Retreat – Dance leaders call for re-branding of Dance
I went to the final get-together of of the Rural Retreat on Monday at the House of Commons. I’ve been to a few of these wrap-up sessions now and they are good for…
