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Review: TWYLA THARP DANCE DIAMOND JUBILEE at NY City Center is Scintillating
Dance lovers and many more will be enraptured by the current performances of 'Twyla Tharp Dance Diamond Jubilee' at New York City Center...
Review: DRUM TAO: THE DREAM, Peacock Theatre
Oh Drum TAO…what to say? There's many good things about their show The Dream - but then there's some undeniable, less positive realities. The troop are from Oita, Japan. Formed 31 years ago, and has been on the road since. Bizarrely the current shows at the Peacock Theatre are their long-awaited L...
Review: Ethan Stiefel’s SPIRIT OF THE HIGHLANDS by ARB-Outstanding
American Repertory Ballet has continued their successful season with the outstanding world premiere of Ethan Stiefel's Spirit of the Highlands that was presented from Friday, March 7 through Sunday, March 9, at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center....
Review: OSIPOVA / LINBURY, Royal Ballet And Opera
Natalia Osipova is not a dancer who likes to play by the rules. A dancer who never felt she fitted the mould of a perfect ballerina growing up in Russia where being long-limbed and tall was the expectation. These days, she’s a much loved Principal of the Royal Ballet, she only does the things she ...
Review: BALLET ICONS GALA 2025, London Coliseum
Galas aren't always the easiest of watches; endless pas de deux with bravado at the forefront of proceedings. That said - some rosters are too good to pass on…hence why I attended the Ballet Icons Gala 2025 at the London Coliseum on March 9th.
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Review: FLAMENCO FESTIVAL at NY City Center Thrills
New York City Center and the Flamenco Festival are now presenting the 24th Annual Flamenco Festival, an exciting and enticing display of dance, through March 9th....
Review/Photos: SWAN LAKE at Academy Of Music
The Philadelphia Ballet always shines, but there is a certain sweet spot when Artistic Director Angel Corella has a chance to interpret Tchaikovsky works originally staged by choreographer Marius Petipa....
Review: ROMEO AND JULIET, Royal Ballet And Opera
Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet continues to enjoy endless popularity, this being its third run by the Royal Ballet since 2019, but when the results are as good, there’s no reason why not. The depth and quality in the ranks was evident as the cast relished the challenges of the Covent G...
Review: JASMIN VARDIMON: NOW, Sadler's Wells East
With NOW standing for many nows, thens, nowheres, future nows, past nows, and present nows, Jasmin Vardimon offers up revisited classic choreography fused with new material to create a beautiful and intense way to celebrate the company's 25th anniversary. Offering a window into the world through mov...
Review: DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Contemporary dance choreographer and company founder Dana Tai Soon Burgess produced the dance concert “An Asian American Dance Journey” for a three-day run at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. While it is the company’s 32nd year in production, it was their first year collaborating with and d...
Review: TWICE-BORN; SCOTTISH BALLET, Sadler’s Wells
Scottish Ballet return to Sadler’s Wells with a triple bill. One film, and two live pieces. All of the work is contemporary dance based, and acts as a vehicle for the company dancers to show off their well honed, dance capabilities. I wonder if a classical piece could have balanced things out and ...
Review: PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY at Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of PAUL TAYLOR DANCE COMPANY at Kennedy Center?...
Review: DEEPSTARIA, Sadler's Wells
A work that uses the darkest of dark sets to shed light on the possibilities inherent in creative work, right here, right now...
Review: TANGO AFTER DARK at Joyce Theater-An Exhilarating Dance Experience
You will be awed by the beauty, energy and excitement of 'Tango After Dark' now being performed at The Joyce Theater through March 9th. ...
Review: Washington Ballet's TRANSCENDANCE at The Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of THE WASHINGTON BALLET'S TRANSCENDANCE at Kennedy Center?...
Review: CINDERELLA, Birmingham Hippodrome
Sir David Bintley’s 2010 production of Cinderella has been long overdue an outing, and based on Wednesday’s opening night at Birmingham Hippodrome it is worth the wait. Thanks to Birmingham Royal Ballet’s fundraising efforts, the work now returns refreshed with restored costumes and a dazzling...
Review: BIRDBOY, Sadler's Wells
February 2025 is the inaugural month of Sadler’s Wells East, London’s newest dance house with a 550-seat theatre, six dance studios, and a public performance space all under one roof. Dance has found a new home in East Bank, Stratford/London’s latest cultural and educational district, and Iri...
Review: GRUPO CADABRA DAZZLES with HERMAN CORNEJO in ANIMA ANIMAL at The Joyce Theater
Argentinian-based dance group Grupo Cadabra made their New York premiere on February 18th at The Joyce Theater with the dazzling contemporary ballet, Anima Animal. Featuring ABT Principal Dancer Herman Cornejo, who reimagined this ballet from a century-old Nijinsky idea, the piece was a true explora...
Review: LIGHT OF PASSAGE, Royal Ballet And Opera
Crystal Pite’s deeply moving work has themes of safe passage, displacement, community and mortality. Light of Passage, taken as a whole work with the three sections together, builds into a cohesive whole on the theme of who we are, where we are going, and what we feel.
Although there are moments...
Review: VOLLMOND, Sadler's Wells
Desperation, desire and dance in a drowned world...
Review: ABT'S CRIME AND PUNISHMENT at Kennedy Center
American Ballet Theatre (ABT) regularly brings new story ballets to DC for their Kennedy Center performances and this year was no different. Crime and Punishment, based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, premiered in New York in the fall and is the first full-length ballet by a female choreographer ...
Review: FOREVER TANGO at Van Wezel
On a dimly lit stage enveloped in an air of mystique, a melodious bandoneon tenderly caresses the night's silence, its haunting notes reverberating through the hushed theater. Bathed in a solitary spotlight, the instrument's melancholic melody sets the stage, foretelling an evocative and passionatel...
BWW Review: Columbus Presents a Tour-de-FOURce Production of WEST SIDE STORY
In an unprecedented collaboration, the Columbus Symphony, BalletMet, Opera Columbus, and the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts (CAPA) have all joined forces to present West Side Story, the classic forbidden love story and rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks in a mesmerizing fusion of ...
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER PROGRAM C at the Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER PROGRAM C at Kennedy Center?...
Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER PROGRAM B at the Kennedy Center
What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER PROGRAM B at Kennedy Center?...
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