Review: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO TO THE KENNEDY CENTER at Kennedy Center Opera House
Thursday’s return of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo to the Kennedy Center brought a full house and lots of laughs to the DMV.
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Review: THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, Sadler's Wells
The Velveteen Rabbit is a story which needs little introduction, and which retains wide appeal.
Review: MAX ROACH 100 at The Joyce Theater for Extraordinary Music and Dance
Weekend plans? We have a suggestion that our readers will thoroughly enjoy.
Review: TRISHA BROWN DANCE at The Joyce Theater
The ultimate pioneer of post-modern dance, Trisha Brown, is known for her abandonment of classic shapes, twisted choreographic pathways, and the constant contrast of freedom and bondage in dance.
Review: THE WHITE FEATHER, A PERSIAN BALLET at Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of THE WHITE FEATHER, A PERSIAN BALLET at Kennedy Center?
Review: AMERICAN REPERTORY BALLET's ELEVATE Sparkles at Kaye Playhouse
What did our critic think of ELEVATE at Kaye Playhouse? For the better part of a century, American Repertory Ballet (ARB) has been the preeminent ballet company of New Jersey.
Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET - CARMEN, Sadler's Wells
Inger's Carmen is successful in two key ways: firstly it tells the existing narrative of Carmen incredibly clearly, secondly it actually does so with “new resonance' - who'd have thunk it.
Review: CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS, Royal Opera House
Original programming continues at the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre with the ever original Yorke Dance Project
Review: DANSES CONCERTANTES/DIFFERENT DRUMMER/REQUIEM, Royal Opera House
The entire evening confirms MacMillan’s scope as a choreographer, but we knew that already right?
Review: ILLINOISE is Storytelling at its Very Finest
What did our critic think of Illinoise at Park Avenue Armory? Illinoise is, at its core, a story about stories, both the ones we tell ourselves and the ones we’re brave enough to share with others.
Review: ASSEMBLY HALL, Sadler's Wells
Assembly Hall takes place in, as you might have guessed, an assembly hall, where a group of medieval reenactors are coming together for what may be the final meeting of the General Assembly of the Benevolent and Protective Order.
Review: UNIVERSE: A DARK CRYSTAL ODYSSEY, Sadler's Wells
Getting to grips with what a mute medium like dance is trying to convey is never easy even when there is a recognisable concept like Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal.
Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet
What did our critic think of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the delightful production running through March 23rd at the War Memorial Opera House.
Review: AUTOBIOGRAPHY (V95 AND V96) - COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR, Sadler's Wells
Wayne McGregor has been working with digital intelligence in relation to creativity since 2017, and why not? This is the digital age after all.
Review: AIROTIC SOIREE at HK Hall
The magnificence of the human physique is on full breathtaking display at AirOtic Soirée, an acrobatic burlesque spectacular now running at HK Hall in New York City.
Review: FLAMENCO FESTIVAL at NY City Center is A Stunning Display of Dance
As part of their 80th Season, New York City Center is presenting the exciting Flamenco Festival through Sunday, March 17.
Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: MIXED BILL, Sadler's Wells
New York City Ballet are at Sadler’s Wells for the very first time, and returning to London for the first time since 2008 in a rare event for dance fans in the capital.
Review: SWAN LAKE, Royal Opera House
If you came for anything other than wall-to-wall superlatives for the Royal Ballet’s A-team and Liam Scarlett’s superior production of Swan Lake then you’ll be disappointed with this review, because yet again, for the fourth time in six years, ballet heaven is delivered with a side of perfecti
Review: BALLET NATIONAL DE MARSEILLE: ROOMMATES, Queen Elizabeth Hall
With an eclectic programme including an immersive dreamscape, an intense two-hander and a revolutionary footstomper, the Ballet national de Marseille present a six-pack of impressive dance pieces.
Review: HOW TO BUILD A UNIVERSE - EXTENDED PLAY (JAMAAL BURKMAR), The Place
From the outset, the word/concept heavy narration often doesn't relate to the disjointed movement being executed, so disconnection feels apparent
Review: GISELLE at The Academy Of Music
Philadelphia Ballet's GISELLE at The Academy Of Music in Center City
Review: SWAN LAKE at San Francisco Ballet
What did our critic think of SWAN LAKE at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the smashing production of the all-time classic running through March 3rd at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House.
Review: Sankofa Danzafro in BEHIND THE SOUTH: DANCES FOR MANUEL at The Joyce Theater Captivates
The Joyce Theater Foundation is now presenting Colombia’s Sankofa Danzafro in the U.
Review: INK - DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU, Sadler's Wells
In the 2024 UK premiere of his 2020 work, INK, we see Papaioannou himself and Šuka Horn perform a “nightmarish manhunt…testing the limits of reality.
Review: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: SWAN LAKE at Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: SWAN LAKE at Kennedy Center?
