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Review: SCOTTISH BALLET - MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, Sadler's Wells
Mary, Queen of Scots, is a remarkable piece of work, offering pointed comment on the place of women in the sixteenth-century court and on the mythology that casts Mary as a martyr. With striking visuals and compositions, it is an original and modern take on a familiar part of history....
Review: NOTHING HOLDS STILL at Ballet Des Moines
Des Moines has a thriving arts community. One of the amazing organizations that is making this community thrive is Ballet Des Moines. I had the opportunity to attend their performance of “Nothing Holds Still” this last weekend. The show featured world-premiere dances and collaborations with ot...
Review: LAST AND FIRST MEN - NEON DANCE, Coronet Theatre
Sci-fi, like most things, is an acquired taste, and not something you often find related to dance. Enter The Coronet Theatre for once again pushing the boundaries of avant-garde programming.
Last And First Men (2024) by Neon Dance is a multimedia work that definitely gets the brain working in pre-p...
Review: JOFFREY BALLET AMERICAN ICONS at Lyric Opera Of Chicago
The Joffrey Ballet is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. The current offering is called Icons. What a gift to the audience. I don’t know if Robert Joffrey had any idea what his company has become. Icons recreate 4 different ballets from different decades over the 20th Century....
Review: LYON OPERA BALLET at New York City Center Presents Two Stunning Works
Lyon Opera Ballet, under the direction of Cedric Andrieux, is performing a superb program at New York City Center through Saturday, February 21....
Review: TRINITY IRISH DANCE COMPANY at The Joyce Theater-Excellent and Engaging
Trinty Irish Dance Company (TIDC) under the direction of Founding Artistic Director Mark Howard and Associate Artistic Director, Chelsea Hoy is now performing in The Joyce Theater’s Tino and Rajika Purii Auditorium through Sunday, February 22....
Review: GISELLE, Royal Ballet And Opera
Giselle is a difficult ballet to get right. The balance between the “reality” of Act 1 and the Gothic otherworldlyness of Act 2 can be extremely hard to find, and the responsibility falls on all those involved.
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Review: CHICOS MAMBO: TUTU, Sadler's Wells East
Philippe Lafeuille’s TUTU arrives at the Peacock with the air of a sugar rush and the spine of a manifesto. Beneath the sequins, beneath the tulle, beneath the knowing smirk, there is something else at work: lineage....
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at Warner Theatre
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater kicked off a 20-city tour with 11 shows at the Warner Theatre. Every night held its own program full of instantly iconic world premieres and everlasting repertoire favorites. ...
Review: PIERROT LUNAIRE, Royal Ballet And Opera - Linbury Theatre
Marcelino Sambé currently stars in the revival of Glen Tetley’s Pierrot Lunaire at the Royal Ballet and Opera's Linbury Theatre and is supported by a very strong cast of Mayara Magri and Matthew Ball. And an even stronger presence in the soprano Alexandra Lowe.
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Review: EUGENE ONEGIN at San Francisco Ballet
San Francisco Ballet is kicking off its 2026 repertory season with the massively ambitious world premiere of Yuri Possokhov’s Eugene Onegin. It’s a tall order to create a full-length contemporary classical ballet to compete with the warhorses we’ve seen a zillion times, but SFB has given it th...
Review: SWAN LAKE at Strathmore
Classical Arts Entertainment is on their annual North American tour and stopped by Strathmore on January 17th for a glitzy, glamorous rendition of Swan Lake, where the set pieces, principal dancers, and costumes shone like snow in moonlight. ...
Review: WOOLF WORKS, Royal Ballet And Opera
Sir Wayne McGregor is a titan of the dance world - and a divisive one. For some he's the next Messiah, for others, the Emperor's new clothes. Normally I'm veering towards the latter, but his 2015 triptych Woolf Works is perhaps his most successful work to date.
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Review: AKRAM KHAN'S GISELLE, London Coliseum
It’s only four days since the sugar rush of Aaron S. Watkin’s Nutcracker wrapped up a run of forty performances. Frothy and colourful, it is in stark contrast to Akram Khan’s Giselle...
Review: “Sons of Echo” is a Masterful Exploration of the Men Behind the Bravura
The stage is set: Dancers spread out in various warm-up attire go through a traditional barre. Some balance, some stretch, some just check in with each other. The house lights are on...
Review: OPHIS at The Great Hall
TranscenDance Project is starting off the new year by offering an invitation into the unknown with a remount of their intoxicating interactive production of Ophis. Taking over the multifple rooms and floors of The Great Hall, audience members are invited to don a mask and follow along as dancers tel...
Review: MOMIX's ALICE Returns to The Joyce Theater
MOMIX has brought ALICE back to The Joyce Theater this holiday season, beginning with a packed opening night on December 16. The show will run through January 4. ...
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER-A Fabulous “All New Premiere Night”
We had the pleasure of attending the “All New Premiere Night” by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center on Thursday, December 18th. ...
Review: TOP HAT, Queen Elizabeth Hall
Twenty or so dancers parade before an oversized Art Deco clock, to the familiar strains of ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’ from a brass band offstage. In other words, the stage is set for a reassuringly old-fashioned taste of the Golden Age of movie musicals....
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER'S Holiday Season Underway at New York City Center
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s holiday season engagement is underway at New York City Center, marking a new chapter for the company under Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, who was appointed in November 2024. The five-week engagement runs from December 3, 2025, through January 4, 2026, and ...
Review: THE IMAGINING BY AMARI MARSHALL at Powerhouse Arts
What did our critic think of THE IMAGINING BY AMARI MARSHALL at Powerhouse Arts? Marshall delivers something that truly feels brand new: an immersive, in-the-round dance celebration that positions movement not as an accoutrament, but the main attraction....
Review: PRINCESS LOCKEROOO’S THE NUTWAACKER at The Guggenheim Museum
Presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Princess Lockerooo’s The NutWAACKer a seasonal reimagining that also serves as a declaration: dance is art, street styles belong on the world’s most revered stages, and in movement born of resistance, we find freedom....
Review: ENB NUTCRACKER, London Coliseum
If your festive wish-list includes being whisked away to a land of shimmering magic and charming story-telling, ENB have the ideal antidote to the winter drizzle outside with the first revival of their version of Nutcracker that debuted last year. Aaron S. Watkin and Arielle Smit bring a welcome ch...
Review: THE RED SHOES, Sadler's Wells Theatre
I couldn't help but get swept away by The Red Shoes. A rich blend of romantic storytelling and cinema, this production showcases the best Matthew Bourne has to offer as a love letter to ballet in its purest (and most haunting) form. If you're unable to find a production of The Nutcracker this holida...
Review: A VERY SWING OUT HOLIDAY at The Joyce Theater Thrills
We attended the exuberant opening night of A Very SW!NG OUT Holiday on Tuesday, December 9 at The Joyce Theater where the remarkably talented dancers brought to the stage their energy, joyous spirit, and passion for the art of dance....
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