BWW Review: BalletMet's DRACULA Haunts Halloween Stage with Dark Drama
Halloween isn't always just about candy and kids in costumes -- it also often calls to mind the supernatural fantasies that haunt our nightmares.
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BWW Review: BALLET MEMPHIS Brings Diversity and a Southern Sensibility to a Run at the Joyce
In the wake of the media frenzy about African-American ballerina Misty Copeland, a recent article in The New York Times by Gia Kourlas applauds the fact that the American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet are featuring black, Asian, Latino, and multiracial dancers 'where it matters most: L
BWW Review: Jose Limon
I wish I could have been more enthusiastic about the all-Jose Limon program on October 25, 2015, at 2 pm.
BWW Review: RAMBERT'S ROOSTER Steals The Show in Birmingham
Rambert's eagerly awaited return to Birmingham showcases their reputation as Britain's national dance company, extending the reach of their world class dance to the Midlands with an accessible triple bill of works, Frames, Transfigured Night and Rooster, performed at the Birmingham Repertory Theat
BWW Review: INTIMACY Is A Moving And Rewarding Performance
Michelle Ryan is a sensational dancer, an equally superb choreographer, and a great inspiration to others.
BWW Review: MKE Ballet Haunts Uhlein Hall in Pink's Thrilling DRACULA
When the curtainss opened in Uhlein Hall last weekend at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts, Milwaukee Ballet unfolded Michael Pink's world renowned Dracula to a mesmerized audience.
BWW Review: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE Is as Versatile as Ever in a Mixed Bill
According to a 1998 review of ABT by Jack Anderson in The New York Times, publicists for the company in the early days used to call the troupe 'a museum of the dance.
BWW Review: Festival Ballet's Underwhelming BALLET RUSSES REINVENTED
Festival Ballet Providence kicks off their 2015-2016 season with a somewhat underwhelming Ballet Russes Reinvented.
BWW Review: Vasterling's DRACULA From Nashville Ballet
Darkly sensual and broodingly sexy, Paul Vasterling's balletic interpretation of Bram Stoker's legendary anti-hero Dracula (first presented in 1999 and revived in 2007) remains as potent and as stirring as ever, richly conceived and beautifully performed by the dancers of Nashville Ballet, who offer
BWW Review: Back to Afro-Futurism
Afrofuturism is a literary, cultural and otherwise artistic aesthetic that combines elements of science fiction, history, fantasy and magic realism to address issues concerning people of color.
BWW Review: VelocityDC Dance Festival Showcases the Variety of DC Dance Scene
VelocityDC Dance Festival is true to its name.
BWW Review: HT CHEN AND DANCERS 'South of Gold Mountain'
After touring several states, "South of Gold Mountain" held its New York premiere at New York Live Arts.
BWW Review: New York City Ballet Spans Hundreds of Years in 1 Performance
On Thursday evening, October 15, 2015, the curtain rose at the David Koch Theater to reveal a colorful stage in the style of commedia dell'arte, vibrant scenery and costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian, and lighting by Mark Stanley.
BWW Review: SATELLITE COLLECTIVE Whirls at BAM
She is the young woman counting rhythms silently, whispering mysteriously and distantly on the metro ride home after work.
BWW Review: Eryc Taylor
That Eryc Taylor is talented is a no-brainer; that he still needs focus is the question that needs addressing, and I think that this is a very pressing problem for his career.
BWW Review: Einstein's 'Athletes of the Gods'
Albert Einstein once said 'Dancers are the athletes of the gods.
BWW Reviews: ME Dance's SERENITY Finds Itself in Moments of Clarity
ME Dance was founded in 2011, so if you've never heard of this dance group it is definitely time to check them out.
BWW Review: An Enthusiastic Evening with THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST
The Dance Enthusiast, commemorating 8 years of The Dance Enthusiast's dedication to Dance Communication, kicked off its 2015 fall season with "Dance-Art-Fusion-Family-8th Birthday Party" at Gibney Dance to celebrate the power of the arts.
BWW Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET Five Cutting-Edge Ballets
The NYCB's performance of October 9th was an array of movements and interpretations: some of the works were incredible and others missed the mark.
BWW Reviews: LEGENDS & VISIONARIES Amuses at Schimmel Center
The short two-day run of Legends & Visionaries by New York Theater Ballet drew a warm showing from the public, apparently enticed by what was a soft opener to the upcoming season of live arts at the Schimmel, a fine venue at Pace University.
BWW Review: NEW CHAMBER BALLET Soothes at City Center Studio 5
Picturesquely unadorned, City Center Studio 5 is a blank canvas.
BWW Review: LANOTTE+VERSO Vitalizes at LA MAMA
The East Fourth Street cultural district is a wildly fascinating and most humbly inspired reintegration of the old and new that makes New York, New York.