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BWW Review: ASHTON DOUBLE BILL, Birmingham Royal Ballet
The Birmingham Royal Ballet's Shakespeare season opened with Frederick Ashton's The Dream, originally choreographed to celebrate the 250th anniversary of The Bard's birth, and now restaged to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. The bill is completed by A Month in the Country, an Ashto...
BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET's 'New Combinations' Isn't as Innovative as the Program Title Suggests
Justin Peck's 'Most Incredible Thing' headlines this program of new works....
BWW Reviews: BALLETBOYZ at Winspear Opera House, Men Take Center Stage
Upon hearing the term 'ballet' one typically envisions fluffy tutus and satin pointe shoes: the very epitome of girlish grace and beauty showcased in lithe bodies adorned in tulle and rhinestones. Ballerinas are given the stage as the protagonists, while oft times the men are utilized simply as supp...
BWW Review: Films Capture Mastery of Movement in Ohio State Department of Dance's DANCE@30FPS
The translation of art from the stage to the screen is often viewed with a healthy dose of skepticism. Yet an annual event by the Ohio State Department of Dance proves that the fusion of dance and film is far from two-dimensional.
"Dance@30FPS," a presentation of dance films from around the world,...
BWW Review: ALWIN NIKOLAIS CELEBRATION Honors the Multi-Media Dance Pioneer
An array of unique movements, lights, sounds, and imagination from the ALWIN NIKOLAIS CELEBRATION at The Joyce Theater....
BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Triumphs With 'La Sylphide' and 'Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2'
Peter Martins' reconstruction of the 1836 tragicomedy, 'La Sylphide', and Balanchine's 1972 update of 'Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2' proved to be a particularly felicitous pairing for a February 12th to 18th run at the Koch Theater during New York City Ballet's Winter Season. 'La Sylphide', wit...
BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's 2016 ATTITUDE Series
Without doubt, excessive exaggeration or hyperbole, Nashville is a veritable 'city of dreams,' a place where creativity thrives and collaboration is a way of life. Perhaps in no other way is this synergy expressed more artfully than in Nashville Ballet's Attitude series - playing through Valentine's...
BWW Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S SLEEPING BEAUTY, Birmingham Hippodrome
Completing his trio of Tchaikovsky's great ballets, Sir Matthew Bourne has turned his choreographic hand to Sleeping Beauty, with the added surtitle 'a gothic romance.' After reportedly experiencing divine inspiration whilst staying in the former bedroom of the renowned Russian composer, Bourne has ...
BWW Review: TRAVIS WALL'S SHAPING SOUND Brings Eclectic Dreamscape to the Beacon Theatre
Travis Wall's Shaping Sound performed an eclectic dance program at New York's Beacon Theatre on February 8, 2016....
BWW Review: Blending the Beauty of the East and West with NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College, in conjunction with its third Annual Lunar New Year Celebration, partnered once again with the prestigious Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company in an all new celebration of Chinese arts and culture. Under the direction of renowned traditional dancer ...
BWW Review: BalletMet Proves Theme of Humanity isn't Black and White in CARMEN.MAQUIA
Upon first glance, the sterile, white sets that greet the audience once the curtain rises on BalletMet's "Carmen.maquia" might have many theatergoers double-checking their programs. Indeed, the barren stage, interrupted by amorphous masses that appear to be constructed from thin layers of crepe pape...
BWW Review: Ohio State Department of Dance's WINTER CONCERT Driven by Intensity, Emotion
From the stomping of rhythmic footsteps reverberating unaccompanied through the darkness to the lyrical interpretation of biblical verses that merged multimedia art with movement, the Ohio State Department of Dance's "Winter Concert" showcased nine works laced together by the common threads of inten...
BWW Review: Digging in Deep with JOYA POWELL/MOVEMENT of the People Dance Company
The Annual FLICfest, founded and curated by Jeramy Zimmerman and now in its sixth year, gave six choreographers an opportunity to present feature-length independent works at the Irondale Center, located in the heart of Brooklyn's Downtown Arts District. The work featured the world premiere of the pi...
BWW Review: Dada Masilo's SWAN LAKE Sets New Standard for Ballet and Beyond
The house was full on the opening night of Dada Masilo's Swan Lake at the Joyce and I quickly realized why. The ballet boasts incredible energy, attitude, innovation and diversity rarely seen in a typical ballet, all without sacrificing an engaging story and superb technique....
BWW Review: American Ballet's SLEEPING BEAUTY Draws on Ballet's Legacy
Having spawned a Disney movie, The Sleeping Beauty is likely the most well known of ballet's "big three." Almost every ballet company and ballet school has produced a version of this piece. American Ballet Theater was founded in 1939 to create a repertory of ballet's best historical works and to...
BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Offers a Win-Win with a Balanchine and Robbins Double Bill
As part of New York City Ballet's Winter Season 2016 at Lincoln Center's Koch Theater, the program appropriately entitled 'Masters at Work' was a perfect pairing of two disparate yet in one way similar creations by the troupe's founding choreographers, George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Mr. B's L...
BWW Review: Christopher Wheeldon's THE WINTER'S TALE Sparkles Through the Snow
The themes of friendship, betrayal, romance, paranoia and regret run through Christopher Wheeldon's soon to be iconic The Winter's Tale. A joint commission by The Royal Ballet (premiered in 2014) and The National Ballet of Canada (premiered a few months ago), it sparkled during its American premier...
BWW Review: NYCB Lauds Balanchine and Creates Beautiful Harmony
Magic happened this past Thursday night at the gorgeous David H. Koch theatre as New York City Ballet lit the stage in the premiere week of their much-anticipated winter season. Getting back to their roots and showcasing what they do so well, the company's three-piece All Balanchine I program celebr...
BWW Review: APAP Presenters Embody MLK Legacy Through Dance
The interaction between Brown and her equally hardworking partner Catherine Foster portrayed a multidimensional mix of African-American culture and urban girlhood not often accessible to those without a similar background. There was a sense of sisterhood and innocence not often seen in mainstream po...
BWW Review: PARSONS DANCE at The Joyce is Extraordinary
Parsons Dance is now at The Joyce Theater through January 31st. This extraordinary contemporary company is presenting two programs to be enjoyed by dance enthusiasts....
BWW REVIEW: DJUKI MALA Brings Their Energetic Blend Of Traditional And Contemporary Dance To SYDNEY FESTIVAL
DJUKI MALA Brings Their Unique Blend Of Traditional Aboriginal And Contemporary Dance To SYDNEY FESTIVAL....
BWW Review: The Sixth Annual Clive Barnes Awards for Dance and Theatre
The Sixth Annual Clive Barnes Awards was a held on a chilly afternoon, at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center. Winning in the Dance Award--Gabe Stone Shayer, and the Theatre Award went to Dave Thomas Brown. A lovely afternoon to celebrate the late Clive Barnes, The Clive Barnes Foundation, and ...
BWW Review: Casus Circus Brings KNEE DEEP To Thrill And Amaze SYDNEY FESTIVAL Audiences
Brisbane based Casus Circus stuns SYDNEY FESTIVAL audiences with their beautiful display of precision, poise and playfulness in KNEE DEEP....
BWW Review: Daniil Simkin's INTENSIO Revealed a Personal Side of the Dancer Who Lives to Dance
The Joyce Theater held the premiere of Daniil SImkin's INTENSIO. The downtown venue was the intimate setting for this well-received production. The personal side of Daniil Simkin, American Ballet Theatre's principal dancer, was one of the highlights which expressed to us his ballet training and his ...
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