BWW Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Opera House
Real-life partners Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales turn star-crossed lovers in Kenneth MacMillan's definitive staging of Sergey Prokofiev's ballet
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BWW Review: AKRAM KHAN'S CREATURE, Sadler's Wells
Akram Khan’s third work for English National Ballet finally debuted after numerous COVID-related false starts to a vocal Sadler’s Wells audience this week.
BWW Review: FESTIVE, FASCINATING FLAMENCO AL FRESCO at The Fountain Theatre
September 28, 2021 The evening was quite lovely in temperature and there was excitement in the air for this performance to mark the beginning of coming back after so very long.
BWW Review: HEIDI DUCKLER DANCE PRESENTS “THE CHANDELIER “ at The Wallis Annenberg
They got hit with a double whammy.
BWW Review: ALONZO KING'S LINES BALLET - EXQUISITENESS IN MOTION at The Music Center/Jerry Moss Plaza
During the interim, after our long COVID restrictions in Los Angeles began to lessen, The Music Center, and with the generosity of Glorya Kaufman and her continual support for Dance, created a fabulous summer program for Los Angeles, entitled 'Dance After Dusk' in the outdoor area in between the thr
BWW Review: Mixed eMotions Theatrix Presents GATSBY REDUX at Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Center
With a lovely intro by Janet Roston, the Director, Choreographer and Artistic Director of Mixed eMotions Theatrix, standing outside on a beautiful California sunny day atop the Glendale Library and Arts Center grounds in Glendale, we are given a verbal road map about what we are about to see.
BWW Review: LAMTA Brings Iconic Images to Life in Dance Production PHOTOGRAPH
Inspired by photography from the past and present, Luitingh Alexander Musical Theatre Academy's PHOTOGRAPH successfully debuted their students' variety of talents and abilities on the Theatre on the Bay stage last week.
BWW Review: VERSA-STYLE DANCE Presents ORIGINS OF HIP-HOP at Glendale Library, Arts & Culture
This was the second Company to perform in The Brand Associates/Glendale Library Dance Series that has been absent during the pandemic, and it is thrilling that it now is back!! The Versa-Style Dance Company brings a new element to the mix of dance styles and appearances from former years, althoug
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SEASON ENCORE 2020-2021 Filmed at McCaw Hall and Elsewhere
From June 18th to June 22nd, PNB’s final digital performance of the 2020-2021 season bids a bittersweet good-bye to seven dancers who are leaving to begin new chapters of their lives.
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET'S ALL-DIGITAL SEASON, REP 6 Filmed at McCaw Hall
PNB’s eminently satisfying all-digital season for 2020-2021 continues with Rep 6, livestreamed from June 10th to June 14th, 2021.
BWW Review: IN THE MOMENT: A DRAWING DANCE at The Kennedy Center's Digital Stage
'In the MOment: A Drawing Dance' will inspire its intended audience of 4-and-ups with its delightfully sleek, bouncy, playful universe of human movement and green-screen geometric exploration.
BWW Review: BALLET FLAMENCO DE ANDALUCIA at Grande Théâtre
This weekend, we had the pleasure of covering the Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía at the Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg.
BWW Review: SWAN LAKE at San Francisco Ballet Offers a Welcome Opportunity to Revisit an All-Time Classic
San Francisco Ballet brings its extremely successful 2021 Digital Season to a close by revisiting that all-time classic, Swan Lake, in a production choreographed by Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson back in 2009, and captured on video in 2016.
BWW Review: Cape Town City Ballet's Double Bill of INGOMA / LES SYLPHIDES Set to Enchant and Enthuse
Starting off its Autumn season in a notable way, Cape Town City Ballet presents the double bill of INGOMA / LES SYLPHIDES at Artscape Opera House.
BWW Review: 21ST CENTURY CHOREOGRAPHERS at Royal Opera House
Continuing the week that dance returned to the UK, the Royal Ballet favoured a contemporary focus with a mixed bill under the banner title, 21st Century Choreographers.
BWW Review: REUNION - ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET at Sadler's Wells
Before we get to the main business of the dancing, let’s focus on what tonight is really all about: the moment the lights go down and there is an announcement, “Welcome to this performance of Reunion by English National Ballet”, and followed by that unique sound of applause and cheering from a
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET'S “COPPELIA” ON THE DIGITAL STAGE Filmed at McCaw Hall
PNB’s Digital Season continues from May 6th to May 10th 2021 with a delightful archival recording from 2016 of PNB’s production of George Balanchine’s “Coppélia”, choreographed by Mr.
BWW Update: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET BIDS ADIEUX TO PRINCIPAL DANCERS JEROME AND LAURA TISSERAND. at McCaw Hall
Pacific Northwest Ballet will be bidding an adieux passionnés to principal dancers Jerome Tisserand and Laura Tisserand at the end of the company’s 2020-2021 season: The couple have announced that they will be leaving Seattle this summer, to accept positions with Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo.
BWW Review: Luminario Ballet and Judith Flex Helle Premiere Dance Film L' INVALIDE at Madrid Theatre
“L’ INVALIDE” Viewable ON LINE @: https://luminarioballet.
BWW Update: SAD NEWS: JACQUES D'AMBOISE HAS DIED AT AGE 86
He will be greatly missed.
BWW Review: PROGRAM 05 at San Francisco Ballet Highlights the Talents of Its Superb Dancers
The latest offering of San Francisco Ballet's 2021 Digital Season shows off the wondrous artistry of the company's dancing more than anything.
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SCHOOL'S PERFORMANCE OF “FANFARE” Online
Pacific Northwest Ballet School’s annual “Spring Fling”, including an archival video from 2018 of students performing Jerome Robbins’ “Fanfare”, is online now until May 3rd.
BWW Review: JEWELS at San Francisco Ballet Offers a Treasure Trove of Spectacular Dancing
The latest program in San Francisco Ballet’s 2021 digital season is the glorious return of George Balanchine’s Jewels.
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET'S ALL DIGITAL SEASON, REP 4 Filmed at McCaw Hall
PNB’s all-digital season continues with Rep 4, a varied and enjoyable triple bill that streams from April 1st to April 5th 2021.
BWW Review: REMEMBERING THE OSCARS, Online
Strictly Come Dancing’s golden couple, Aljaz Skorjanec and Janette Manrara, return for a socially distanced iteration of their latest big budget production.