BWW Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER 2017 Season at New York City Center
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's five-week engagement (November 29- December 31) at New York City Center is a highlight of the city's holiday season.
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BWW Review: COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET CELEBRATES THE ARTISTRY OF DAVID BOWIE at The Joyce Theater
During its two-week engagement (Nov.
BWW Review: The National Ballet's NIJINSKY; The Dancer Trapped in the Man
The mind is a fascinating, terrifying and often incomprehensible place.
BWW Review: THE WIDOW'S BROOM at The Festival Ballet - Too Lovely for Words!
I have not been to a ballet since I took my daughter to a performance of The Nutcracker some thirty years ago, so it was with some trepidation that I accepted the assignment to review the Festival Ballet's performance of THE WIDOW'S BROOM, based on the story by Chris van Allsburg.
BWW Review: Red Sky's Insanely Physical BACKBONE Will Leave You Breathless
Exploring the connectedness of everything - BACKBONE, presented by Red Sky Performance in association with Canadian Stage, is a stimulating exhibition of dance.
BWW Review: NASHVILLE BALLET's 'Lizzie Borden with The Raven'
Nashville Ballet dancers took to the aisles of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Polk Theater for Lizzie Borden with The Raven, Thursday, October 26th.
BWW Review: The Mariinsky Ballet Stages LA BAYADERE
What do you do, when you find yourself with a ballet artist who can seemingly levitate at will? A lithe male body that floats and leaps with such an airy insouciance it seems almost unfair he has to come back to earth? Answer: you seek out an equally lithe, supple prima ballerina whose talents match
BWW Review: LES SYLPHIDES at Cleveland Ballet
The 'new' Cleveland Ballet, under the artistic leadership of Puerto Rico-born Gladisa Guadalupe, a former member of the 'old' Cleveland Ballet, the Dennis Nahat-led company which left CLE for San Jose, California, has been officially named the Resident Ballet Company of Playhouse Square.
BWW Review: THE RED SHOES at The Kennedy Center
The Red Shoes is almost more big-budget Broadway musical than ballet.
BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET AN ALL-BALANCHINE EVENING at Koch Theater
The evening of Thursday, October 5, 2017 was an All Balanchine program of the New York City Ballet.
BWW Review: Tiler Peck Triumphs in New York City Ballet's SWAN LAKE, September 28, 2017
Peter Martins' production of the full-length 'Swan Lake' has always been something of a curiosity to me.
BWW Review: Houston Ballet Brings The Artistry And Drama Of Mayerling To The Hobby Center For The Performing Arts
Houston has had its share of drama in the last few short weeks, and the city's downtown theater venues are reeling from the blow.
BWW Review: ANAÏS, A DANCE OPERA by Mixed eMotion Theatrix In Association With Diana Raab
Ana s: A Dance Opera is a multimedia collaberation featuring the life story of writer, intellectual, and provocateur, Ana s Nin.
BWW Review: LADY LEAR at Louisville Ballet
Lady in the StormThis week sees the closing of Kentucky Shakespeare's 57th season of free, continuous, outdoor Shakespeare productions, making it the oldest company of its kind in the country.
BWW Review: Alexei Ratmansky's WHIPPED CREAM at ABT
A few years ago I bought a recording of Schlagobers, which had been written by the venerable Richard Strauss for the Vienna State Opera Ballet in 1924.
BWW Review: Heather Ogden is One Strong Swan in the National Ballet of Canada's SWAN LAKE
The theme will get under your skin.
BWW Review: The National Ballet of Canada's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE is Breathtaking From Start to Finish
No one yells 'Stella!' at the ballet - because they don't have to.
BWW Review: EMERGENCE Exudes Artistic Expression and Individuality
The Nashville Ballet has a special way of producing unique works you've never seen before.
BWW Review: North American Premiere of Bintley's TEMPEST Takes the Wortham by Storm
The Houston Ballet brings one of the most theatrical of the Bard's plays to life in a lavish production by choreographer David Bintley.
BWW Review: THE RETURN Contorts the Circus Cliche
Few things are as exhilarating as bodies being flung into the air without crash mats.
BWW Review: Canadian Stage's MEETING and ENDINGS Awaken the Gamut of Human Emotion
From fascination to fear, Canadian Stage's MEETING and ENDINGS are a rollercoaster ride of insight into the human condition.
BWW Review: MOVE - BEYOND - LIVE ON TOUR at Fox Theatre is Amazing with Julianne & Derek Hough!
Detroit welcomed Julianne Hough and Derek Hough's Move - Beyond - Live On Tour to the Fox Theatre on April 23rd to a sold out crowd and the superstar dance duo put on quite the show! The Hough siblings and their troupe of dancers performed a non-stop, high-energy dance show with some special surpris
BWW Review: Shanghai Ballet Brings SWAN LAKE Back to Melbourne at Regent Theatre
BWW Review: Shanghai Ballet Bings SWAN LAKE Back to Melbourne at Regent Theatre
BWW Review: BALLET ACROSS AMERICA at The Kennedy Center
Ballet is always beautiful, but too often it also feels inaccessible and outdated.