BWW Review: LA Ballet Presents Brilliant BALANCHINE BLACK & WHITE ~ IN AGON, APOLLO & CONCERTO BAROCCO at The Broad Stage
The Theatre was abuzz with excitement.
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BWW Review: REVOLUTION: DANCE ON THE EDGE at Boston Ballet
Boston Ballet's rEVOLUTION: Dance on the Edge features three works by pivotal choreographers which stretch the label 'contemporary' to its breaking point.
BWW Review: BLUE13 DANCE COMPANY PRESENTS TERPSICHORE IN GHUNGROOS & CONTEMPORARY/BOLLYWOOD WORKS at Wallis Annenberg
BLUE13 Dance Company is a contemporary Indian dance theatre ensemble based in Los Angeles, with a mission to connect diverse audiences through the power of live, aesthetically and culturally daring dance.
BWW Review: NEW DIALECT at Oz Arts Nashville
Oz Arts Nashville presented New Dialect with the return of choreographer and Artistic Director Banning Bouldin's The Triangle and the world premiere of Rosie Herrera's First Fruit on Thursday, February 20 at 8pm.
BWW Review: Montreal's Tantalizing Les Ballets Jazz De Montreal: DANCE ME, A Terpsichorean Tribute At The Broad Stage
The dancers manifested exquisite flowing lines hit, yet not lingered on, as they lyrically moved to the next count of the music ever so smoothly, sometimes creating in between that and the next beat, a separate movement, sort of a bridge from the last position and the next.
BWW Review: ALINA COJOCARU, Sadler's Wells
A busy week of dance in London is brought to a radiant conclusion by the perfect delicacy of English National Ballet Lead Principal Alina Cojocaru, with support from some esteemed friends.
BWW Review: MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE, Peacock Theatre
Kate Prince is known for her unique blend of joyous, feel-good street and contemporary dance.
BWW Review: ACOSTA DANZA UP CLOSE, Royal Opera House
This show, by the company of ex-Principal dancer at The Royal Ballet, Carlos Acosta, gives the audience a mixed bill, as up close as the title suggests, with as much Cuba as you would find in a hand-rolled cigar.
BWW Review: THE CELLIST / DANCES AT A GATHERING, Royal Opera House
The first mixed programme of 2020 from the Royal Ballet sees Cathy Marston's much anticipated and arguably long overdue first work for the main stage at Covent Garden.
BWW Review: DANCE INNOVATIONS at San Francisco Ballet Delivers Thrills and Heartbreak
San Francisco Ballet's latest mixed repertoire program, a?oeDance Innovations,a?? covers a lot of territory thematically and choreographically, and has a wealth of transcendent moments.
BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's ATTITUDE/OTHER VOICES at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Nashville Ballet's Artistic Director, Paul Vasterling, approached the company's annual Attitude series - Other Voices - with questions on gender: what does it mean to be a man, what does it mean to be a woman, what does it mean to be both, and what does it mean to be neither? Vasterling commissioned
BWW Review: CLASSICAL (RE)VISION at San Francisco Ballet Offers a Sparkling Program of Contemporary Dance
How lucky we are to be living in the age of Mark Morris! My first thought watching San Francisco Ballet's opening night performance of their a?oeClassical (Re)Visiona?? program was a?oeGod, they're good!a?? SF Ballet presents a sparking and varied program of contemporary ballet that will leave you s
BWW Review: The Delightful Melodrama of ABT's GISELLE
ABT does the melodrama of 'Giselle' with an acute attention to detail, diversity and dramatic flair.
BWW Review: Ballet West's GISELLE Celebrates the Classic Beauty of a Heartbreaking Story that Never Grows Old
mance in 1841 at the Paris Opera.
BWW Review: COMPLEXIONS, THE ROCKSTARS OF BALLET, TACKLE LENNY KRAVITZ at Joyce Theater
Winter in New York City is not known for being particularly steamy (though the unseasonably mild weather this year gives one reason to pause), but there is always Complexions Contemporary Ballet's season at the Joyce Theater to turn up the heat to a feverish, sweltering boiling point! For the 26th s
BWW Review: RETURN TO HEAVEN, Tobacco Factory Theatres Bristol
A post-apocalyptic road warrior, an astronaut and a shark walk into a bara??
BWW REVIEW: Alvin Ailey Has Something to Say
In its annual Kennedy Center residency, the company tackles gun violence, love, youth and more in a program that includes new works and the seminal classic a?oeRevelations.
BWW Review: BWW REVIEW: MATTHEW BOURNE REIMAGINES SWAN LAKE at New York City Center
The first performance of Matthew Bourne's contemporary Swan Lake was performed at the Sadler's Wells Theater, London, in 1995.
BWW Review: Moves at the Montalban's Dance Festival Opens With Capezio A.C.E. Awards and Erik Saradpon's FORMALITY LIVE!
MOVES at The Montalban's Dance Festival Opens with the Capezio A.
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET'S CINDERELLA at McCaw Hall
On the afternoon of February 2nd, 2020, a nearly sold-out audience for a performance of Pacific Northwest Ballet's “Cinderella” proved that diehard dancegoers and eager young ballet students will show up in full force even though plenty of other people decide to opt for watching Superbowl Sunday
BWW Review: BWW REVIEW: COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET BRINGS ITS FLAVOR TO THE JOYCE THEATER at Joyce Theater
Founding Artistic and Executive Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson founded Complexions Contemporary Ballet in 1994.
BWW Review: The Lula Washington Dance Theatre Celebrated its 40th Anniversary in Style at The Wallis
The venerated Los Angeles-based Lula Washington Dance Theatre returned to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts to celebrate its milestone 40th anniversary with a dynamic and powerful program exploring social and humanitarian issues from January 30 through February 1 in the Bram Goldsm
BWW Review: BEYOND THE MINT Crosses the Street for Inspiration
The latest edition of Innovative Works, BEYOND THE MINT, sends three choreographers across the street to soak in Spirit Drift's 'Immersed in Light' installation at the Mint Museum Uptown.
BWW Review: SADLER'S SAMPLED, Sadler's Wells
Sadler's Sampled is Sadler's Wells' annual parade of varied dance offerings - although this year proved somewhat of a disappointment from previous iterations.
BWW Review: RUSSIAN BALLET ICONS GALA, London Coliseum
It's always a tough choice, at this annual Ballet Icons Gala, to know whether to review the performances on stage or the extravagant antics of it's animated Russian audience.