Jacob's Pillow to Present Roderick George With The Men Dancers Award This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 4, 2024
Jacob's Pillow will present American dancer and choreographer Roderick George with the Jacob's Pillow Men Dancers Award. George will accept the award at the outdoor performance by his New York City-based company, kNonAme Artist, on Thursday, August 15, as part of this summer's Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
BWW Review: Festival Ballet Providence's UP CLOSE ON HOPE Returns
by Erica Cataldi-Roberts - Feb 19, 2022
Festival Ballet Providence’s popular UP CLOSE ON HOPE series returns to their black box theatre. This innovative program is comprised of four unrelated pieces – two contemporary, one neoclassical, and one romantic, two of which are world-premieres. These shows are the perfect way for audiences to experience different styles of dance, and that is certainly true with this specific line-up.
Dance Writer Marilyn Maxfield Hunt Has Passed Away
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 2, 2021
On October 16 Marilyn Maxfield Hunt of Santa Fe passed away in her home surrounded by family. Over the course of her writing career, she interviewed many important figures from the dance world including Igor Youskevitch, Anton Dolin, Eugene Loring, Gene Kelly, Joseph Duell and Daniel Duell and more.
Casting Announced for American Ballet Theatre's 2021 Fall Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 18, 2021
Casting for American Ballet Theatre’s 2021 Fall season has been announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. Principal Dancers for the 2021 Fall season at the Koch Theater include Joo Won Ahn, Aran Bell, Isabella Boylston, Skylar Brandt, Herman Cornejo, Thomas Forster, Gillian Murphy, and more.
BWW Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY GALA, London Coliseum
by Vikki Jane Vile - Jan 19, 2020
Galas are peculiar beasts. In attempting to please everyone, you sometimes please no one at all, but fortunately, for this nostalgic run through the rich history of English National Ballet, no one was disappointed by the varied and often emotive selection of greatest hits.
Brooklyn Ballet To Make History With Iconic Multi-Cultural Pas De Quatre
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 15, 2020
a??a??a??a??a??a??a??Brooklyn Ballet, a unique and interdisciplinary dance company rooted in the classical idiom, presents Revisionist History 2, an unprecedented evening of dance that bridges diversity to classicism in a profound way, while exploring movement and its history. With 5 performances, February 13-16, Brooklyn Ballet's Season takes place in The Mark O'Donnell Theater at The Actors Fund Arts Center in downtown Brooklyn.
ABT Announces 2020 Spring Season At The Met
by Julie Musbach - Oct 24, 2019
American Ballet Theatre will celebrate its 80th Anniversary during the 2020 Spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House with the New York Premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's Of Love and Rage, an opening week devoted to both new and historic works from the Company's repertory, and the 40th Anniversary performances of Natalia Makarova's production of La Bayadère. The Spring season was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie.
Chicago's Harris Theater Presents Akram Khan's GISELLE,
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 15, 2019
The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance will present the exclusive U.S. presentation of Akram Khan's Giselle, English National Ballet's 2017 Olivier Award winner, running for four performances, February 28 - March 2, 2019 at the Harris Theater in Chicago.
Film Society Of Lincoln Center Presents A MAN OF DANCE/VINCENT WARREN
by Julie Musbach - Jun 20, 2018
From dancing under the baton of Igor Stravinsky, having a passionate love affair with celebrated poet Frank O'Hara, and appearing as lead dancer in the masterpiece Pas de deux by the great filmmaker Norman McLaren, Vincent Warren touched hands with history. His is a tale worth telling, the story of a man and the road he travelled, recounted in a documentary that by extension celebrates important and compelling moments of our recent history.
Photo Flash: Get A First Look At American Ballet Theatre's GISELLE
by Alan Henry - May 11, 2018
American Ballet Theatre's 2018 Spring Season opens with eight performances of Giselle beginning Monday evening, May 14, led by Hee Seo in the title role, opposite Roberto Bolle as Albrecht and Gillian Murphy as Myrta. Guest Artist Natalia Osipova will perform the title role on Friday, May 18 opposite David Hallberg as Albrecht.
American Ballet Theatre Announces 2018 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 23, 2018
American Ballet Theatre's 2018 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House, May 14 - July 7, will feature the World Premieres of AFTERITE by Wayne McGregor and Harlequinade by ABT Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky. Tickets for ABT's 2018 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House go on sale at the box office on Sunday, March 25 at 12 Noon.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek at English National Ballet's ROMEO AND JULIET
by BWW
News Desk - Nov 21, 2017
Returning to Bristol in its 40th anniversary year, Rudolf Nureyev's Romeo & Juliet will be performed by English National Ballet at the Bristol Hippodrome (21-25 November) following critically acclaimed performances in London. Scroll down for a look at the dancers in action!