Wesley Doucette is a PhD candidate in French Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center. His research examines cultural institutions as both patrons and platforms for artistic production, with particular interests in French, Turkish, and late Ottoman theatre. During the 2026–27 academic year, he conducted dissertation research at Boğaziçi University as a Fulbright Fellow. Wesley holds a Master's degree in Théâtre et Patrimoine from Avignon Université and bachelor's degrees in Art History and Theatre from Kent State University.
What if Philip Glass led The Ramones? This is as good an introduction as any to Miet Warlop's One Song, which recently premiered in the Festival d'Avignon's Cour du Lycée Saint Joseph.
With a backdrop of (as of this writing) West End theatres closed until late May, Broadway theatres closed until early June, and the cancellation of The Edinburgh Theatre Festival in August, artistic director Olivier Py announced the programme for this July's Festival d'Avignon.
What happens when a choreographer goes off the beaten path? This past Friday's New Combinations program at The New York City Ballet staged unique works in the repertory of four icons of the field: Wheeldon, Peck, Robbins, and Ratmansky.
Swan Lake is an icon, the Hamlet of the ballet world and, much like Hamlet, audiences might need reminding that it is more than images and a melody; it is a bizarre and symphonic evening-length work of poetry.
ABT's choreographer, Alexei Ratmansky, has pulled out all the stops for his
earnest revival of Petipa's oft-forgotten 1900 hit, Harlequinade, now in performance
at The Met Opera.
This past year, while attending an extraordinary program at Paris's Opéra Garnier which featured the Paris Opera Ballet tackling, among other works, Pina Bausch's Rite of Spring, I wondered to myself, 'Why is New York still the house of Balanchine?' Sure, it could be argued other choreographers hav
This month Artistic Director Olivier Py unveiled the poster for the 73rd Festival d'Avignon, which will take place in the medieval city between July 4th and 23rd.
Under the direction of Ivo Van Hove, Czech composer's Leos Janacek's song cycle, The Diary of One Who Disappeared, is given a rare performance by Muziektheater Transparant.