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.
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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.
BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S SWAN LAKE at The Kennedy Center
Sir Matthew Bourne's 'Swan Lake' has a reputation as a beloved, fascinating, and powerful ballet.
BWW Review: THE DAY at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Individually, Beiser and Whelan captivated - Whelan walking contemplatively across the stage, Beiser seated in a power stance, limbs enfolding her cello.
BWW Review: CLD Explores Character Development at APAP 2020
During this present time of great cultural and political strife, the world at large is yearning for humanity—for honesty, for truth, and for authentic connection.
BWW Review: BWW REVIEW: GRAND SWAN LAKE IS PRESENTED BY SHANGHAI BALLET & CHINA ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT GROUP LTD at David H. Koch Theater
Shanghai Ballet was founded in 1966.
BWW Review: ONEGIN, Royal Opera House
John Cranko's Onegin was last performed by the Royal Ballet in 2015.
BWW Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY GALA, London Coliseum
Galas are peculiar beasts.
BWW Interview: Maya Beiser and Wendy Whelan on THE DAY
Whelan finds the yin and yang in their performance chemistry, saying, 'we're very opposite in nature, which creates balance.
BWW Review: THE NUTCRACKER, Royal Albert Hall
In true balletomane style, my first thought when I knew I would be in London over the Christmas and New Year period was that I would finally be able to catch Birmingham Royal Ballet's (BRB) Nutcracker which runs for just seven performances.
BWW Review: A SNOW WHITE CHRISTMAS SPRINKLES US WITH HOLIDAY CHEER IN A LYTHGOE FAMILY PANTO at Pasadena Civic Auditorium
If you are a Scrooge, a Disgruntled Elf, a Melting Snowman or a Reindeer with Bone Spurs, or you just don't enjoy the holiday hubbub, you will be surprised at how much fun you'll have as Neil Patrick Harris, communicating through the Queen's Magic Mirror, guides and cautions us through this beloved
BWW Review: THE RED SHOES, Sadler's Wells
It's fitting that Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes returns to London to finish up another year of reviewing dance.
The New Adventures Production of Matthew Bourne's SWAN LAKE Turned the Tides of Ballet at The Ahmanson
The Tides have changed, not so much from Global Warning, but through Matthew Bourne's latest, revised version of his creation 'Swan Lake.
BWW Review: NASHVILLE'S NUTCRACKER at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Artistic Director Paul Vasterling has set Nashville's Nutcracker with the Nashville Symphony at the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
