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.
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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?
Review: THE WASHINGTON BALLET: JAZZ ICONS - A FINE ROMANCE at Kennedy Center
The dance school choices for students, I recall, were ballet and jazz tap.
Review: TWYLA THARP Dance Sizzles with A Triumphant Program at The Joyce
Call it habit, anticipation, excitement.
Review: NELKEN - TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL PINA + BAUSCH TERRAIN BORIS CHARMATZ, Sadler's Wells
Some people only need one name: Cher, Madonna etc.
Review: DARK WITH EXCESSIVE BRIGHT, Royal Opera House
Appearing as part of their Festival of New Choreography, the Royal Ballet have partnered with the National Ballet of Canada for Dark With Excessive Bright, an extraordinarily intimate experiment which allows audience to experience the art form in a radical way.
Review: ALVIN AILEY - PROGRAM B at Opera House at The Kennedy Center
Thursday’s Ailey performance of Program B featured Century, a new work by Amy Hall Garner, her first for the company, 2019’s Ode by former company member Jamar Roberts, and Mr.
Review: SÃO PAULO DANCE COMPANY, Sadler's Wells
Considering the São Paulo Dance Company was founded in 2008, it’s taken them 16 years to perform in the UK! But the wait is over.
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Program A
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual run at The Kennedy Center is consistently a highlight of the winter season, and this year is no exception.
Review: EMPOWER IN MOTION: A BALLET INCLUSIVE, Sadler's Wells
The entire evening was a poignant reminder of the power of dance.
Review: The National Ballet of Canada's EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS' ATLAS at the National Arts Centre
What did our critic think of EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS’ ATLAS at National Arts Centre?
Review: TESS, Peacock Theatre
Filled with a couple of operas’ worth of tragedy, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles is not the likeliest source of inspiration for a dramatic circus show but Ockham's Razor are here to prove us wrong.
Review: MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet
What did our critic think of MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the world premiere of 'Mere Mortals' at San Francisco Ballet, a wildly ambitious collaboration between much in-demand choreographer Aszure Barton and composer Sam Shepherd.
Review: WORKS & PROCESS UNDERGROUND UPTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Peter B. Lewis Theater At The Guggenheim Museum
What did our critic think of THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: WORKS & PROCESS UNDERGROUND UPTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Peter B.
Review: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE at The Joyce Theater Through 2/21
Strong, somber notes from a piano fill the The Joyce Theater as the curtain rises on the annual home season of Brooklyn-based fusion dance company, EVIDENCE.
Review: GISELLE, London Coliseum
Fresh from no fewer than 40 performances of Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker (a production which now seems to thankfully be going into retirement) English National Ballet, are back less than a week later to round off their Coliseum season, this time it’s Mary Skeaping’s Giselle which they last perfo
Review: Alvin Ailey Wants You to Feel Something Again
What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY WANTS YOU TO FEEL SOMETHING AGAIN at New York City Center?
Review: MOMIX At The Joyce Theater Is A Spectacular Must-See Dance Event
New Yorkers and guests of the city are fortunate to have the opportunity to see MOMIX at The Joyce Theater through January 7th.
