BWW Review: LIVE FROM COVENT GARDEN - DANCE, Royal Opera House
The third installment of Live from Covent Garden is the first to feature two ballet performances instead of one, and all the stronger for it.
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BWW Review: MANON, Manchester Opera House
The latest installment from English National Ballet's series of a?oewatch partiesa?? is Kenneth MacMillan's emotionally demanding Manon.
BWW Review: Martha Graham's IMMEDIATE TRAGEDY in Honor of Juneteenth
Inspired by archival remnants of Martha Graham's “Immediate Tragedy,” a solo she created in 1937 in response to the Spanish Civil War, and in collaboration with composer Henry Cowell, the Martha Graham Dance Company, the Los Angeles-based Wild Up music collective, and The Soraya have created an
BWW Review: LA FILLE MAL GARDEE, Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House continues to treat us to a fortnightly fix of ballet and what relief this latest edition is.
BWW Review: MAYERLING, Royal Opera House
Kenneth MacMillan's Mayerling is the vivid dramatisation of the life of Crown Prince Rudolph and his death alongside his young mistress Mary Vetsera in 1889.
BWW Review: AVIVA - DANCE FILM at Virtual Theatrical Premier
AVIVA - DANCE FILM at Virtual Theatrical Premier this Friday, June 12
BWW Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET - SWAN LAKE, Liverpool Empire
The next lockdown treat courtesy of English National Ballet comes in the form of Derek Deane's Swan Lake.
BWW Perspective: Video of PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET'S Dress Rehearsal of Kent Stowell's SWAN LAKE Recorded at McCaw Hall
During the 2020 global pandemic, PNB is offering audiences the opportunity to enjoy at no cost a series of limited-time-only videos in lieu of this season's cancelled live season.
BWW Review: ANASTASIA, Royal Opera House
The latest ballet to feature as part of the #OurHouseToYourHouse series is Kenneth Macmillan's Anastasia, the true story of Anna Anderson who claimed to be the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II and the only survivor of the Russian Royal family's assassination in 1918.
BWW Review: THE ROYAL BALLET - THE WINTER'S TALE, Royal Opera House
The second opportunity for online audiences to enjoy some Royal Ballet repertoire over lockdown is Christopher Wheeldon's adaptation of The Winter's Tale.
BWW Update: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ANNOUNCES VIDEO RELEASES OF BALLETS DURING SHELTER-AT-HOME
While Pacific Northwest Ballet waits for the green light to get back to doing what we do best – live performances for live audiences – Artistic Director Peter Boal and Executive Director Ellen Walker are pleased to announce a bit of good news during these trying times
BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE, Sadler's Wells
It's no understatement to say Sir Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake changed the dance landscape back in 1995 when it first premiered.
BWW Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET - BROKEN WINGS, Sadler's Wells
Admirably enhancing their “at home” offering, in addition to regular live streams of company class and chair-based dance classes for those with limited mobility, English National Ballet now bring us Wednesday Watchalongs, a weekly opportunity to experience key work from their back-catalogue for
BWW Dance Book Review: DAMIEN SIMON'S THE COLLABORATION
Damien Simon's The Collaboration is an elegant and entertaining book, introducing those in the know--and those who may not know very much--to the sometime quicksand process known as collaboration.
BWW Update: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ANNOUNCES CANCELLATION OF PITE-THARP-LIANG PERFORMANCES. at McCaw Hall
SEATTLE, WA, 4/13/20 – In light of the state of Washington's ongoing health and safety efforts around the COVID-19 pandemic, Pacific Northwest Ballet's Executive Director Ellen Walker and Artistic Director Peter Boal have announced that the organization has made the difficult decision to cancel it
BWW Update: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET RELIEF FUND at McCaw Hall
There is no road map for how to proceed in this unprecedented situation.
BWW Review: CANCELLED! LYON OPERA BALLET USA TOUR and YAGP NEW YORK FINALS at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, And Others
As the pandemic continues to impact the ballet world, I'm keeping BWW Dance updated on cancellations and postponements.
CANCELLED! SAN FRANCISCO BALLET AND CAROLINA BALLET at War Memorial Performing Arts Center and Fletcher Opera Theater
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause ballet companies to cancel or postpone performances.
BWW Update: DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19, PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET CANCELS ONE THOUSAND PIECES AND BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at McCaw Hall
Washington State is the epicenter of the 2019 COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
BWW Review: RICHARD ALSTON DANCE COMPANY - FINAL EDITION at Sadler's Wells
Richard Alston is a man who doesn't need reviews any more.
BWW Review: SWAN LAKE, Royal Opera House
Enough words have been given to the controversy surrounding this run of Liam Scarlett's Swan Lake, its first revival since a largely triumphant premiere in 2018.
BWW Review: LA BALLET 'BALANCHINE'S BLACK AND WHITE' AND 2020 GALA at The Broad Stage
BWW Review: LA BALLET 'BALANCHINE'S BLACK AND WHITE' AND 2020 GALA at The Broad Stage
BWW Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
It was humbling listening to audience members remark upon the beauty and pure joy of seeing a stage filled with artists of color, responding to a shared sense of knowing, especially Ailey's work, Cry, dedicated in the program to 'all Black women everywhere - especially our mothers.