BWW Review: Olga Pericet Presents Her Unique Flamenco Flair In LA ESPINA at John Anson Ford Theatre
September 21, 2019 Olga Pericet presents her unique flamenco flair, in “La Espina.
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BWW Review: SCOTTISH BALLET'S THE CRUCIBLE, Theatre Royal, Glasgow
A teenage girl imagines her future.
BWW Review: New York City Ballet Presents JEWELS, September 21, 2019
I think I've seen Jewels at least 200 times in my life.
BWW Review: AKRAM KHAN'S GISELLE, Sadler's Wells
Akram Khan's Giselle is only three years old, but it already has a weighty reputation, as a powerful contemporary reworking of a classic, done with the choreographer's impressive sense of intensity and drama.
India's Independence Celebrates With Lady Liberty At Sunset For Battery Dance Festival
It was fitting that Manipuri dance was chosen to commemorate India Independence Day, because during British colonial rule the dances were ridiculed as savage, immoral and outdated.
BWW Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATRE, Sadler's Wells
Thriving dance troupe Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre return to Sadler's Wells for the first time in three years with a varied set of programmes, contrasting challenging themes of new work with joyful signature piece Revelations.
BWW Review: DANCE NATION at MOXIE Theatre Puts Pre-Teen Power on Display
There are few beings on the planet that can be as dreamy, demented, or determined as teenage girls.
BWW Review: THE COLOR IZ Presented a Multifaceted Array of Dance and Disco at The Stonewall Inn
The Color Iz was part dance showcase, part musical theatre and part gender-bending Drag show with a heavy, heady dose of disco, glam and glitter and a focus on celebrating all shades of expression in dance and identity.
BWW Review: BALLET FESTIVAL Dazzles at The Joyce
Thoughtful.
BWW Review: BURN THE FLOOR at Baxter Theatre Centre Shows Off Outstanding International Talent
Celebrating its 20th anniversary and making South Africa its last stop on their global tour, BURN THE FLOOR cha-cha'd its way onto the Baxter Theatre's stage earlier this month where it has been igniting audiences with vibrant dance numbers, glitzy costumes, and live musical accompaniment.
BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S ROMEO AND JULIET, Sadler's Wells
Friday's press night performance of Matthew Bourne's Romeo and Juliet was one of the most breathtaking nights at the theatre in a long time, and that's without including a live show stop.
BWW Review: DANCE IN AMERICA - A MUSICAL AND DANCE TRIBUTE TO AMERICAN COMPOSERS - MARINA CONCERT at Burton Chase Park
July 25, 2019 The best and most satisfying way to beat the heat and be delightfully entertained on a boiling hot summer day in the San Fernando Valley is to head to Marina del Rey, to Burton Chase Park on a designated Thursday to see and hear an exciting orchestra play, take in the lovely surroun
BWW Review: DANCERS FOR GOOD 2019 Outdoes Itself Again!
Last year, in 2018, the third annual Dancers For Good Benefit supporting the Actors Fund Dancers Resource in East Hampton was so impressive that I challenged the founders to 'high-kick it up a notch even higher next year'.
BWW Review: ROMEO & JULIET Inhabits Hollywood at The Hollywood Bowl
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Gustav Dudamel, played magnificently July 16, 2019 as they first featured award-winning Pablo Ferrandez in Antonin Dvorak's Cello Concerto in B minor, Opus 104 in a most passionate and stirring performance.
BWW Review: FREDDIE FALLS IN LOVE Doesn't Quite Take Off
I had high hopes for FREDDIE FALLS IN LOVE, the dance piece running at the Joyce Theater July 23-August 4.
BWW Review: ERYC TAYLOR DANCE'S Immersive EARTH Breaks New Ground at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
Eryc Taylor Dance and guest choreographers from ETD's grant program performed segments from EARTH at BBG.
BWW Review: FALLA & FLAMENCO. FASCINATING RHYTHMS at The Hollywood Bowl
The Hollywood Bowl presented Siudy Flamenco Dance Theatre and Los Angeles guest artist, dancer Manuel Gutierrez with percussionist Diego Alvarez and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for an evening of fabulous Flamenco music and a production of El Amor Brujo.
BWW Review: Royal Ballet's MAYERLING is Masterfully Macabre and Magnificently 'Executed' at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Saturday, July 6, 2019 The tortuous true story of Mayerling was first set to music composed by Franz Liszt, by Kenneth MacMillan, in 1978; a giant Choreographer and Innovator in the world of Ballet.
BWW Review: MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP at the Mostly Mozart Festival
Having watched the Mark Morris over the past 20 years, I can say with all honesty that he has all the virtues that distinguish a fine choreographer: musicality, vitality, charm, humor.
BWW Review: THE ROYAL BALLET'S MAYERLING, AN EPIC THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE at LA Music Center
Alluring, sexy, their love to death stimulates their sexual desire to each other - a perfect volatile mix of tantalizing beauty and formidable athleticism.
BWW Review: BARAK BALLET BOURREES BACK TO THE BROAD WITH NEW REPERTOIRE at The Broad Stage
June 29, 2019 Melissa Barak's Ballet Company, Barak Ballet, is becoming a staple at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica.
BWW Review: BALLET SHOES, Peacock Theatre
2019 marks the 25th anniversary of London Children's Ballet.
BWW Review: GISELLE at Grand Théâtre
Last week, the Grand Theatre opened its doors to one of the last performances of the 2018-19 season.
BWW Review: THE MOTHER, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
Arthur Pita adapts Hans Christian Andersen's The Story of a Mother for Natalia Osipova and Jonathan Goddard in a contemporary dance work that is unblinkingly clear and ferocious in its storytelling.
