Helen Pickett News

Lake Tahoe Dance Collective will present the eleventh annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival, which will take place this summer from July 26-29, 2023 at venues in Tahoe City and Truckee, CA.

What did our critic think of THE CRUCIBLE at Eisenhower Theater? Choreographer Helen Pickett does in her ballet The Crucible just exactly what Arthur Miller attempted in his 1953 play, her source. Both try to make a new language to express the Salem witch trials of 1692 because those events were too extraordinary for regular English or garden-variety ballet.

Artistic Director Adam W. McKinney has promoted three artists for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's (PBT) upcoming season, which runs from October 2023 to May 2024. 

What did our critic think of PURE DANCE at FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE?

Boston Ballet has announced programming for the 2023–2024 season, which celebrates the evolution of the living artform of ballet.

MorDance will celebrate its tenth anniversary performance season with two groundbreaking world premiere ballets centering themes of activism and humanity. Performances are April 28-29, 2023 at 7:30pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College as part of the CUNY Dance Initiative.

MorDance wil present its Spring 2023 Season with groundbreaking new ballets centering themes of activism and humanity from April 28-29, 2023 at Gerald W. Lynch Theater.

Lesher Center for the Arts will host the return of Dance Theatre of Harlem to the West Coast, presenting the globally acclaimed company for two nights only.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has announced the company’s exciting 2023-2024 season lineup, featuring three full-length story ballets and two mixed repertory programs.

The curtain will rise this week on Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's (PBT) 2022-2023 Season opener, Storytelling in Motion, running October 7 – 9 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center.

Continuing their growing artistic and cultural partnership that elevates overlooked historical figures and issues important to the Charleston community, the Charleston Gaillard Center and the International African American Museum (IAAM) are co-commissioners of the globally acclaimed ballet company, Dance Theatre of Harlem's (DTH) new Sounds of Hazel for its Southeastern debut this October 20 – 21.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will kick off the 2022-2023 Season with Storytelling in Motion, running October 7 – 9 at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center. This production highlights a mixed repertoire of internationally-acclaimed contemporary pieces, including Nacho Duato's Duende, Helen Pickett's The Exiled and and the world premiere of a new piece by PBT's own principal dancer Yoshiaki Nakano.

Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen and Boston Ballet present My Obsession, a program that explores our obsessions, devotions, and idols, featuring George Balanchine's Apollo and Allegro Brillante, Helen Pickett's 月夜Tsukiyo, and the return of crowd-favorite Stephen Galloway's DEVIL'S/eye. My Obsession runs October 6–16 at the Citizens Bank Opera House.

Scottish Ballet is set to bewitch London audiences at Sadler's Wells in June 2022 with its award winning production of The Crucible, based on the play by Arthur Miller and choreographed by  Helen Pickett. 

Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) is thrilled to announce its colorfully creative 45th Anniversary Season. The season, running October 2022 through April 2023 includes collaborative world premieres alongside beloved classics. Performances will be held in three unique venues in Providence, with subscription tickets for most performances going on sale July 7, 2022. 

Boston Ballet has announced programming for the 2022–2023 season, celebrating the return to the human experience of dance with a full six-program season for the first time since the 2019–2020 season.

Ballet Sun Valley announces today that it will present the debut of internationally acclaimed Boston Ballet led by Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen, June 24 and 25 at 7 pm in the Sun Valley Pavilion.

Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) today announces its non-Broadway programming lineup for 2022-23, including the launch of new series for dance, theater, and family presentations as well as the return of its Cabaret On Stage series, co-presented with Studio Tenn.

Cultural vibrancy and exemplary artistry from world-class companies and artists will grace the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ stages during its 2022–2023 ballet and dance season, announced today.

Cutting-edge voices in dance will take center stage at the August Wilson African American Cultural Center March 24 – 27 at Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre's (PBT) Here + Now. Featuring a lineup of internationally acclaimed — and all female — choreographers, this evocative mixed repertory production showcases the beauty and innovation of contemporary ballet.