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BWW Reviews: In American Ballet Theatre's SWAN LAKE the Show Must Go On Despite Injury
On June 23rd, Gillian Murphy and Marcelo Gomes were scheduled to dance the lead roles of Odette-Odile and Prince Siegfried in American Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake. Unfortunately, after an exquisitely musical and technically proficient first act, it was announced that Ms. Murphy would not dance in the...
BWW Reviews: Boston Ballet's Lincoln Center Debut
Boston Ballet's fiftieth anniversary tour culminated in an in-your-face Lincoln Center season. Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen took risks - a victory lap outside of the company's home city on the home stage of hallmark American ballet companies - but he looked pretty pleased as he strode up the ai...
BWW Reviews: JABBAWOCKEEZ PRISM
Jabbawockeez' Prism is so creatively presented that you know if you look away for even a moment, you're liable to miss something very interesting....and lots of fun, too....
BWW Reviews: CARMEN DE LAVALLADE Doesn't Rest at JACOBS PILLOW
There is a powerful vibration that pierces all of your senses as you explore the grounds of Jacobs Pillow. Tucked away in the Berkshires of Becket, Massachusetts, the location is as scenic as it is sacred....
BWW Reviews: American Ballet Theatre Presents GISELLE
I was privileged to see American Ballet Theatre performing Giselle twice this season....
BWW Reviews: More Lessons Taught Than Dancing in SIX DANCE LESSONS IN SIX WEEKS
Human existence can be a pretty lonely, tenuous thing. When push comes to shove, our dependence on our friends (or even strangers for that matter) is something you should never take for granted. This is just one of the lessons you will take away from your visit to the Agape Actors Co-op production o...
BWW Reviews: Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, 2014 Spring Season
I watch YouTube videos of the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet before bed, so when I had the opportunity to see the company in the flesh at BAM, I jumped at the opportunity. Needless to say, I had high expectations from the versatile contemporary powerhouse that were mostly upheld....
BWW Reviews: Roschman Dance and DoubleTake Dance Present: ARRIVAL
I haven't been out on a Friday night in the East Village in three years. However, I found myself pleasantly surprised to be in a speakeasy turned theatre on St. Marks enjoying new dance works by Roschman Dance and DoubleTake Dance....
BWW Reviews: Ballet Tech
If you were looking for an afternoon of pure enjoyment, Eliot Feld's Ballet Tech performance on June 12 was the place to be. As the old Gershwin line goes: 'Who could ask for anything more?'...
BWW Reviews: ALVIN AILEY, The Magic is Now at Lincoln Center
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is now at Lincoln Center presenting four distinctively different programs. The Company will thrill you with their stunning talents....
BWW Reviews: American Ballet Theatre's Cutting-edge CINDERELLA
American Ballet Theatre's premiere of the Royal Ballet's Cinderella was a beautifully romantic and astonishingly comedic whirlwind of a fairytale. With Frederick Ashton's cutting-edge choreography set to Sergei Prokofiev's vibrant score, American Ballet Theatre delivered a ballet enjoyable for all a...
BWW Reviews: Cespedes Choreography Highlight of Cleveland Foundation Centennial Meeting
In the last century, the Cleveland Foundation, the first community foundation in the world, has given $1.78 billion dollars in grants to enrich the lives of young and old through working for sustaining a vibrant local economy, developing human potential, reimagining Cleveland, pioneering housing opt...
BWW Reviews: Houston Ballet's SWAN LAKE is Beautiful
Houston Ballet is closing their 2013-2014 season with a gorgeous revival of Stanton Welch's SWAN LAKE. Settling in for the lengthy production, I could barely contain my excitement. Impressed as I was by the show, I discovered that Darren Aronosky's Black Swan left me with expectations for the ballet...
BWW Reviews: THE SCHOOL OF AMERICAN BALLET Celebrates 50 Years of Workshop Performances
On June 3rd 2014, The School of American Ballet's 50th annual Workshop Performance at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Lincoln Center once again proved that Balanchine was right when he famously said "But first a school". That remark was Mr. B's response after Lincoln Kirstein invited him to come to ...
BWW Reviews: The School of American Ballet Dances Balanchine
The School of American Ballet's 50th Annual Workshop Performance on May 31, 2014, at 2 pm, was a delight. SAB students performed excerpts and one full length Balanchine ballet chosen to recognize the School's co-founder, George Balanchine, and former faculty member, Alexandra Danilova, who together ...
BWW Reviews: American Ballet Theatre's MANON
American Ballet Theatre sent its audience on a thrill ride of joy, sorrow, and surprises in Manon. With Julie Kent and Roberto Bolle in the lead roles, choreography and direction by Sir Kenneth MacMillian, and music from the opera of the same name by Jules Massenet, the audience was treated to a pas...
BWW Reviews: BALLETS WITH A TWIST, 'Cocktail Hour' is Delightful
Ballets With a Twist had a series of successful performances at the Hamilton Stage of Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway. Their program, 'Cocktail Hour' was absolutely captivating....
BWW Reviews: Derek and Julianne Hough MOVE LIVE in San Antonio, Texas
Derek and Julianne Hough know how to move in their new MOVE LIVE tour....
BWW Reviews: THE LOOK OF FEELING - A Celebration of American Dance Pioneer Denise Jefferson
It takes more than talent to tell the life story of a well-known person with passion, humor, and originality in sixty minutes and succeed, but that's just what Francesca Harper accomplished performing her one woman show The Look of Feeling, a Celebration of American Dance Pioneer Denise Jefferson on...
BWW Reviews: THE MEN DANCERS, PLUS! Celebrates the Life of the Legendary FREDERIC FRANKLIN
A roll call of dance greats - performers, directors, critics, and historians - took the stage one after the other at the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts in New York City on the evening of May 30th 2014 to share their memories of one of the greatest of them all, Frederic Franklin....
BWW Reviews: American Tap Dance Foundation Celebrates National Tap Dance Day
Happy National Tap Dance Day! I know I'm a little late, but that's because on the actual date, which was chosen to commemorate Bill "Bojangles" Robinson's birthday, I was too busy celebrating with the American Tap Dance Foundation!...
BWW Reviews: Balanchine Has the Last Laugh at New York City Ballet
Wednesday, May 28th, New York City Ballet presented a program bookended by Balanchine. Concerto Barocco articulated propriety and decorum in delicate glances; Jerome Robbin's Other Dances promulgated gentle desire in the pas de deux; Benjamin Millipied's Neverwhere delved into power plays; and Bala...
BWW Reviews: 'Physical Thinking' Soars And Inspires
The National Ballet of Canada opens its summer season with a mixed programme of twentieth century works....
BWW Reviews: New York City Ballet's JEWELS
The New York City Ballet proved that only the best can perform on this stage. It takes great talent to leave a solo dancer on a stage that large without them getting lost, especially when the costumes blended into the matching background (both of which literally caused the crowd to gasp as the curta...
BWW Reviews: Ballet Academy East Delivers an Impressive Spring Performance
On Friday, May 16th, I was privileged to be in attendance of the opening night of Ballet Academy East's 2014 Spring Performance. These young dancers displayed good training and a delight to be performing in eight varied works. Having seen a number of school performances this year, the school shows i...
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