DANCE THEATER REVIEWS

The internationally renowned Trinity Irish Dance Company opened at The Joyce Theater on Tuesday evening and the audience was wowed....

​Some nights at Covent Garden feel heavy with a sense of occasion and this particular performance of Swan Lake, taking place a week after opening night, was certainly one of them. Liam Scarlett’s Swan Lake is not even 4 years old as a production in the Royal Ballet’s repertoire but it already ...

This rare revival of Dance is the epitome of Philip Glass' artistic ethos, combining minimalism and layered music with huge projections and skilful dancing....

The much anticipated dance production, Tiler Peck, Artists At The Center opened on Friday night to the sheer delight of the full-house audience....

BroadwayWorld reviews San Francisco Ballet's fizzy production of the classic 'Don Quixote' running live onstage at the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House through March 6th. The whole thing feels like a big ol' party....

PNB’s mesmerizing production of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s contemporary interpretation of “Roméo et Juliette”, filmed live on February 13th 2022 at McCaw Hall in Seattle and streaming digitally from February 24th to February 26th, is the exquisite Noelani Pantastico’s farewell performance ...

L-E-V has returned to The Joyce Theater to perform the U.S. premiere of the company’s final piece of their trilogy on love, Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart. This is a dance experience like no other, captivating and poignant. We attended on Wednesday evening when the audience gave the ...

San Francisco Ballet's remarkable new Program 2 features 3 terrifically enjoyable works, including a new dance by William Forsythe set to the music of James Blake, and Jerome Robbins' rapturously romantic classic 'In the Night.' It runs through February 13th at the War Memorial Opera House in San Fr...

The pandemic changed the world and it changed art - most immediately in closing places where people would gather for it, for months on end....

San Francisco Ballet fairly leaps for joy in the opening program of its 2022 season live onstage at the War Memorial Opera House. Program 1 includes George Balanchine's eternally effervescent 'Symphony in C' and the world premiere of 'Mrs. Robinson' by Cathy Marston, based on the seminal novel 'The ...

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater heated up a subdued and snow-drenched Philly audience January 28 – 30 with an admirable, often stunning return to the stage at the Kimmel Cultural Campus’ Academy of Music, ending a long, pandemic-driven tour hiatus....

Tamara Rojo doesn't go far enough in re-inventing Raymonda, its new story lacking the boldness of its new setting in the Crimean War....

Four groups from Japan, Korea & Taiwan presented two epic evenings at Japan Society on January 14 & 15. From freestyle moves in the lobby to cinematic butoh, and from the use of humor & technology to make monotonous choreography thrilling to combining dance and physics through the journey of an elec...

You don't have to be from Belfast to appreciate the themes explored through raw physicality in Oona Doherty's Hard to Be Soft — A Belfast Prayer. Any “city body” possessing collective trauma from an urban environment will recognize and relate to the thick shells worn to conceal perceived weakn...

The opening night for MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet, a production much loved by the audiences of Covent Garden, saw another dubious opportunity for Artistic Director Kevin O’Hare to take to the Opera House stage and announce “significant changes” to the billed cast. Cue much sighing from the ...

‘Tis the season for Nutcracker performances....

Yet another holiday tradition for Houstonians returns to its beloved stage for live and in-person performances. The Houston Ballet's the Nutcracker is a family experience for all and has continued on in its legacy of giving Houston a symphonic  treat. The music in the ballet is stellar, beautifully...

A little over a year ago, I attended a performance of Giselle from the Staatsballett Berlin whilst in the knowledge that the next day Corona restrictions would mean a premature end to the run. Fast forward to this year and performances are going ahead under strict “2G” regulations (you must be r...

Anyone who enjoys that unmistakable Singin’ in the Rain aesthetic, the razzle dazzle of Hollywood and dreamy Broadway scores will have a very happy hour watching Scottish Ballet’s Starstruck. Gene Kelly was originally asked to choreograph a work for Paris Opera Ballet in 1960, the piece, Pas de ...

Parsons Dance opened on Tuesday night at The Joyce Theater to the delight of a captivated audience. It’s a pleasure to be back seeing live dance performances and the company made the night magical with new works and favorites....

The company hasn't visited The Kennedy Center for more than a decade. It's great to have it back with this charming Caribbean-inflected version of the Balanchine classic....

It’s weird and wonderful to be in the theatre again. These days, everything looks different—the way you enter; IDs and vaccine cards in hands, security guards keeping everything in order. But once I step into The Joyce Theatre to see Complexions Contemporary Ballet, it all felt perfectly familia...

A triple bill by three choreographers with global acclaim...

Celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, Black Black return to the Linbury Theatre with a double bill of new work, and in signature style you’ll be hard pressed to leave without your heart feeling a little fuller than before. Cassa Pancho’s company has always been small, at present featurin...

Cape Town City Ballet has entered its Spring season with a vibrant trio of performances in ALCHEMY - THREE DANCES. Honouring three of the world's most celebrate male choreographers from the 20th century, ALCHEMY stands as a programme dominated by accomplishments of athleticism....