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Review: TWYLA THARP Dance Sizzles with A Triumphant Program at The Joyce
by Christina Pandolfi - February 16, 2024

Call it habit, anticipation, excitement. But on the night of February 13th, I arrived to The Joyce early because only Twyla Tharp can bring out the singular energy that was in the room. The air was crackling with enthusiasm, as audience goers bubbled and gushed about the evening ahead....

Review: NELKEN - TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL PINA + BAUSCH TERRAIN BORIS CHARMATZ, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - February 15, 2024

Some people only need one name: Cher, Madonna etc. In dance we have Pina - as in Bausch, the revered German dancer, choreographer and Director of Tanztheater Wuppertal until her death in 2009. ...

Review: DARK WITH EXCESSIVE BRIGHT, Royal Opera House
by Franco Milazzo - February 13, 2024

Appearing as part of their Festival of New Choreography, the Royal Ballet have partnered with the National Ballet of Canada for Dark With Excessive Bright, an extraordinarily intimate experiment which allows audience to experience the art form in a radical way....

Review: ALVIN AILEY - PROGRAM B at Opera House at The Kennedy Center
by Emily Berger - February 11, 2024

Thursday’s Ailey performance of Program B featured Century, a new work by Amy Hall Garner, her first for the company, 2019’s Ode by former company member Jamar Roberts, and Mr. Ailey’s juggernaut Revelations. ...

Review: SÃO PAULO DANCE COMPANY, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - February 12, 2024

Considering the São Paulo Dance Company was founded in 2008, it’s taken them 16 years to perform in the UK! But the wait is over. ...

Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Program A
by Emily Berger - February 08, 2024

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual run at The Kennedy Center is consistently a highlight of the winter season, and this year is no exception. This year the company brings three programs to D.C., all including Mr. Ailey’s 1960 classic Revelations, representing the best of recent revivals and...

Review: EMPOWER IN MOTION: A BALLET INCLUSIVE, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - February 08, 2024

The entire evening was a poignant reminder of the power of dance. How it feels to do, and to watch, with all the work exuding expression, joy and freedom, which shouldn't be underestimated ...

Review: The National Ballet of Canada's EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS' ATLAS at the National Arts Centre
by Courtney Castelino - February 02, 2024

What did our critic think of EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS’ ATLAS at National Arts Centre?...

Review: TESS, Peacock Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - February 02, 2024

Filled with a couple of operas’ worth of tragedy, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles is not the likeliest source of inspiration for a dramatic circus show but Ockham's Razor are here to prove us wrong. ...

Review: MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet
by Jim Munson - January 30, 2024

What did our critic think of MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the world premiere of 'Mere Mortals' at San Francisco Ballet, a wildly ambitious collaboration between much in-demand choreographer Aszure Barton and composer Sam Shepherd....

Review: WORKS & PROCESS UNDERGROUND UPTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Peter B. Lewis Theater At The Guggenheim Museum
by Miranda Stuck - January 23, 2024

What did our critic think of THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: WORKS & PROCESS UNDERGROUND UPTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Peter B. Lewis Theater At The Guggenheim Museum?...

Review: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE at The Joyce Theater Through 2/21
by Marina Kennedy - January 18, 2024

Strong, somber notes from a piano fill the The Joyce Theater as the curtain rises on the annual home season of Brooklyn-based fusion dance company, EVIDENCE. Four spotlights light up each corner of the stage, illuminating the evening’s most heavily featured dancers, Demetrius Burns, Joyce Edwards, G...

Review: GISELLE, London Coliseum
by Vikki Jane Vile - January 13, 2024

Fresh from no fewer than 40 performances of Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker (a production which now seems to thankfully be going into retirement) English National Ballet, are back less than a week later to round off their Coliseum season, this time it’s Mary Skeaping’s Giselle which they last performed s...

Review: Alvin Ailey Wants You to Feel Something Again
by Lora Strum - December 26, 2023

What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY WANTS YOU TO FEEL SOMETHING AGAIN at New York City Center?...

Review: MOMIX At The Joyce Theater Is A Spectacular Must-See Dance Event
by Marina Kennedy - December 22, 2023

New Yorkers and guests of the city are fortunate to have the opportunity to see MOMIX at The Joyce Theater through January 7th. ...

Review: NUTCRACKER at San Francisco Ballet Casts an Enchanting Spell for the Holidays
by Jim Munson - December 18, 2023

What did our critic think of NUTCRACKER at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews San Francisco Ballet's magical production of the Tchaikovsky perennial running through December 30th at the War Memorial Opera House...

Review: EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - December 14, 2023

No Sugarplum Fairy at Sadler’s Wells this Christmas…they've got Edward Scissorhands instead! Specifically Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures production running until 20 January. ...

Album Review: CHRISTMAS Is A Time To CHER!
by Bobby Patrick - December 08, 2023

Taking on the 1967 Stevie Wonder hit WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME, who else could our queen sing with but the R&B king himself...

Review: THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM WORKS & PROCESS PRESENTS 'DANCE IS LIFE'
by Miranda Stuck - December 06, 2023

What did our critic think of THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM WORKS & PROCESS PRESENTS ‘DANCE IS LIFE’ at Https://www.guggenheim.org/initiatives/works-process?...

Review: THE NUTCRACKER, Royal Opera House
by Aliya Al-Hassan - December 07, 2023

The world can often seem so grey at the moment, so any opportunity to step into the light is most welcome. There can be few festive shows that ignite such a sense of wonder and delight as the Royal Ballet’s The Nutcracker. If the festive season is all about tradition, then Peter Wright’s 1984 produc...

Review: DORRANCE DANCE: NUTCRACKER SUITE at Kennedy Center
by Elliot Lanes - December 04, 2023

The New York City based tap ensemble Dorrance Dance roared into Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre this past weekend with their take on Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite as arranged by Billy Strayhorn. For those of you not familiar with this recording, do yourself a favor and look it up. You have n...

Review: LUNAR HALO, CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATRE, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - December 01, 2023

I’ve never seen a lunar halo – a sparkling ring around the moon – so the fact that Cheng Tsung-lung’s work of the same name uses it as a premise is indeed intriguing. Cheng as both choreographer and Artistic Director, presents Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (of Taiwan) at Sadler’s Wells....

Review: YOUNG ASSOCIATES MIXED BILL, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - November 24, 2023

Sadler’s Wells is a busy old place, with numerous performance spaces, departments and associated initiatives. One being the very worthwhile Young Associates programme which helps “talented dance artists aged 18-24 giving them a crucial first step into their careers as choreographers”....

Review: RAMBERT / BEN DUKE - DEATH TRAP, Sadler's Wells
by Alice Cope - November 24, 2023

Two very different performances, Cerberus and Goat, from Rambert, deliver a meta dance comedy exploring life, death and performance....

Review: RHIANNON FAITH COMPANY: LAY DOWN YOUR BURDENS, Barbican
by Matthew Paluch - November 23, 2023

Rhiannon Faith Company premieres Lay Down Your Burdens at the Barbican Centre, another “socially conscious” work to add to their ever-growing portfolio...