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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. This was yet another proof of the venue's capacity to present a rich and culturally diverse agenda, gifting the Grand-Duchy with a performance by one of the most renowned companies i...
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. Swan Lake is a particular favorite of mine, so I was sinc...
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. As if the occasion needed further anticipation, earlier that day both immediate and upcoming promotions were announced, with First ...
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. B and Alexandra Danilova to the music of Léo Delibes....
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.org/movie
We see some very tall, spindly trees above that we are surrounded by, as a cover of “White Rabbit,” circa late ‘60s by Jefferson Airplane and Grace Slick is heard. Next a voiceover begins to tell the story of Alic...
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. This mixed rep program of 3 very different ballets originally made on the company provides a dazzling showcase for the dancers' versatility, technique and mu...
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. BroadwayWorld reviews the thrilling production now streaming through April 21, 2021....
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. Digital ticket holders can watch as many times as they like until the link expires....
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. The pair have toured every year since 2017 with homages to Fred Astaire and the silver screen before this tribute to the Oscars became a COVI...
BWW Review: CINDERELLA at City Center
Now through March 28, the big idea for Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella (originally filmed in 20217) brings a whole new yet historical meaning to the cinder in the Cinderella....
BWW Review: THE BARRE PROJECT Perfectly Captures the Essence of Live Performance for the Screen
The Barre Project comes as close to achieving the inimitable experience of being in a performance space as possible without actually being in a theater, witnessing a live performance. One could even say it was almost easy to forget that you weren't really watching The Barre Project live....
BWW Review: THE CAR MAN at NY City Center Digital
Matthew Bourne's THE CAR MAN by For New Adventure Productions filmed Live at Sadler Wells in London in 2016 and was presented on NY City Center Digital this March 2021. With Music by Terry Davies 'Rudion Shchedrin's Carmen Suite,' the film was edited by Steve Eveleigh and produced by Illumination Fi...
BWW Review: SUPERNATURE. ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2021 at Her Majesty's Theatre
Utterly flawless in its conception and execution....
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET'S THE INTERMISSION PROJECT at Various Locations
As PNB’s digital offerings continue, Price Suddath’s innovative “The Intermission Project” is offered free to all from March 8th to March 24th 2021....
BWW Review: Take Comfort in the Classics with MILWAUKEE BALLET's TO THE POINTE
The On Demand experience is nicely handled and smoothly filmed. Through the use of both wide and close-up shots, we’re given an intimate vantage point that many may otherwise miss when seeing a ballet on stage. The setting is a simple colored backdrop, making for a performance that relies solely o...
BWW Review: EDGING NORMAL, Performed by Desmond Richardson, Choreographed by Jacob Jonas, Premieres February 22, 2021
Films.Dance, a groundbreaking global film series produced by and under the creative direction of LA-based Jacob Jonas The Company continues on February 22 with EDGING NORMAL, the fifth of 15 short dance films to be released to the community at no cost every Monday through May 8, 2021. ...
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET'S ROMEO ET JULIETTE Filmed at McCaw Hall
Balletomanes, I sincerely hope you read this in time to get digital tickets for PNB’s Roméo et Juliette that is slated for February 11th to 15th 2021....
BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET'S THE NUTCRACKER, David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln
With London and the UK’s plans for a nostalgic annual revival of Nutcracker scuppered, fortunately Marquee TV is supplying audiences with access to New York City Ballet’s production, choreographed by George Balanchine, until January 3. This particular performance is from the 2019 run. ...
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER, Royal Opera House
It’s December and Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker is back on stage, it’s almost like 2020 didn’t happen, and for two magical hours, that's how it will feel. Peter Wright’s beloved production has, of course, has the COVID treatment; choreography is amended to keep distance, some of the divertisse...
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