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BWW Review: CATS Are Prowling In Adelaide Again
A standing ovation by the entire audience with applause going on and on, showed that the performance was a success....
BWW Review: GELSEY KIRKLAND BALLET Experiments with an Illusionary Reality
The talented Gelsey Kirkland Ballet tackled Michael Chernov's daring new ballet, Stealing Time, this past Friday night at their modern waterfront theatre in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Set to hauntingly percussive compositions by Kurt Weill, Stealing Time explored love, desire and the inescapability of time ...
BWW Review: HONG KONG BALLET Brings Contemporary Ballets to the Joyce
On March 15, 2016, Hong Kong Ballet opened its debut at the Joyce Theater, NYC. I felt fortunate to be there, from the moment the curtain opened, to see Program A. On the program were three works by three choreographers, from three different countries: China, Spain, and Poland. Artistic Director, ...
BWW Review: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY Paints a Moving Tapestry
Joyful energy crackled through the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on the evening of Tuesday, March 15th 2016 when the Paul Taylor Dance Company took the stage as part of the recently established initiative, Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance. Whenever I watch this company perform, it's alw...
BWW Review: ADELAIDE FRINGE 2016: #NOFILTER Is One Of The Most Incredible Pieces That You Will Ever See
I see no reason why this should not tour overseas and, in fact, it should....
BWW Review: Kicking Off DANCE PARADE'S DECADE OF DANCE
In light of their 10th anniversary, Dance Parade celebrated and launched its Decade of Dance campaign with a "Taste of Dance Parade" performances featuring ensembles and groups representing a wide variety of dance genres and cultures. This event brought a nice crowd of folks of all ages and backgrou...
BWW Review: WOMADELAIDE 2016: DAY 2 Continued To Amaze
The extraordinary diversity of music, information, play and entertainment can be quite overwhelming....
BWW Reviews: WOMADELAIDE 2016: DAY 1 Was A Sensational Start To The Four Day Festival
As opening nights go this was a big one and if this level of artistry, diversity and energy is going to be maintained, we are in for quite a weekend....
BWW Review: MADCO and UMSL Music Department's Superb PULSE - A MADCO CABARET PERFORMANCE
If you look up the definition of the word pulse in a dictionary, or at www.dictionary.com as I did, you find that the third meaning completely resonates with PULSE - A MADCO (Modern American Dance Company) Cabaret Performance, which is a collaborative effort with the UMSL Music Department. The 'rhyt...
BWW Review: Collide Theatrical Dance Company Delivers a Deliciously Dark New Take on DRACULA through a Collision of Dance, Music, and Theater
Collide Theatrical Dance Company is now in their fourth season of creating 'original Broadway-style jazz dance musicals.' As a theater geek who doesn't know much about dance but loves to watch it, Collide provides an accessible and theatrical way to get into dance. I've seen all of their productions...
BWW Review: COMPAÑÍA MANUEL LIÑÁN Brings an Exciting Flamenco Program to City Center
New York City Center hosts Flamenco Festival performances every year, and this 13th season included an evening with Compañia Manuel Liñan in their New York debut. Six dancers, three singers and two guitarists led by dancer/choreographer Manuel Liñan performed 'Nomada.'...
BWW Review: NUREYEV'S EYES Takes Stage at Delaware Theatre Company
What does it take to paint one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century? One can surmise, a talented artist. But, what if the task of painting an icon became a challenge between capturing the dancer in motion and becoming conscious of the motion of the dancer?...
BWW Review: Festival Ballet's Exceptional UP CLOSE ON HOPE
Festival Ballet's productions are always exciting and beautiful, but the UP CLOSE ON HOPE series is a rare treat. Unlike the lavish productions at PPAC or the Vets, these are small, intimate performances of works one might not see anywhere else. This spring's UP CLOSE program showcases the best ...
BWW Review: ADELAIDE FESTIVAL 2016: MONUMENTAL Is Intensely Thought Provoking
The performance left me questioning my reason for living in the city....
BWW Review: Louisville's SPRING COLLABORATION - Artists Are Breaking Out
The Louisville Orchestra and Louisville Ballet Spring Collaboration may be one of those nights we will talk about in the future. We will say -- Remember the night that the private conversation the artists shared went public?...
BWW Review: Ferri, Cornejo, & Levingston in TRIO CONCERTDANCE
Ferri, Cornejo, & Levingston in TRIO CONCERTDANCE was a performance of three world-reown artists-powerful and sublime artistry in motion....
BWW Review: MARIINSKY BALLET Pays a Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya at BAM
The Mariinsky Ballet at Brooklyn Academy of Music performed a Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya...
BWW Review: FJK DANCE Celebrates Middle Eastern Culture, A Fusion of Culture and Dance - A Message of Peace at the Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
In this time of physical proximity of different cultures, Fadi J. Khoury, Artistic Director and Choreographer of FJK Dance, believes in the unique fusion of culture and dance, with the endless possibilities of experimenting with the fundamentals of various dance forms, including classical ballet, ba...
BWW Review: THE WASHINGTON BALLET Celebrates Septime Webre's Legacy in Director's Cut
On the evening of Thursday, February 25th 2016 at the Eisenhower Theater in Washington, DC, Director's Cut began with a standing ovation for Artistic Director Septime Webre who just announced his departure from the Washington Ballet after a seventeen-year tenure. Webre has transformed the Ballet fro...
BWW Review: The Mariinsky Ballet
Civil unrest, classic folk tales, imperial decadence, fairy tales, and the exotic romantic east: all tenants of late imperial Russian ballet that can at times feel irrelevant to contemporary audiences. However, the Mariinsky Ballet's tribute to the late and great Maya Plisetskaya on the evening of F...
BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Offered a Forsythe-Infused Triple Bill at New York City Center
Seattle's Pacific Northwest Ballet under the artistic direction of Peter Boal returned to New York City Center in February 2016 with an 'All Balanchine' program on the 24th and 25th followed by a triple bill, 'Contemporary Innovations', on the 26th and 27th. The latter, which I saw on the 26th, feat...
BWW Review: ROMEO & JULIET, Birmingham Royal Ballet
The jewel in the crown of the Birmingham Royal Ballet's Shakespeare season (perhaps aside from David Bintley's new Tempest), this production of Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo & Juliet has been a hotly anticipated production for many months. Although many choreographers have tackled Prokoviev's delicious,...
BWW Review: DANCING AT THE EDGE: New Choreography + Music Create an Uptown and Downtown Edge Combined
The JCC Manhattan, in collaboration with students of NYU Tisch School presented an evening of dance that explored their connection of the Talmud and Jewish literature....
BWW Review: The Adventures of DON QUIXOTE Danced to Perfection by Los Angeles Ballet
DON QUIXOTE is a fantastic Los Angeles Ballet production, filled with the dreams of the Don (Adam Luders), the love of Kitri and Basilio (technically perfect and emotionally evocative dancers Julie Cinquemani and Kenta Shimizu) and the adventures that follow them during this epic tale. There is som...
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