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Mulan: “Spectacular” Dance Drama
China Ningbo Performance & Arts Group David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York September 18, 2026 Mulan Jerry Hochman A year ago, the Peoples Republic of China exported two...
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Joyce Ballet Festival: Different Voices
Ballet Festival 2026, Curated by Misty Copeland The Joyce Theater New York, New York August 5 and 11, 2026 Program 1: Interactions, Show Pony, Percussion IV, Young Lovers (excerpt), Sonata for Two...
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NYC Emerging Artists Project: Third Annual Performance
NYC Emerging Artists Project Alvin Ailey Studios New York, New York June, 27, 2026, afternoon (final dress rehearsal) June 27, 2026 evening (performance,viewed via videotape on August 7, 2026) Third...
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Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City: A Summer for Contemporary Dance
Lincoln Center Summer for the City 2026 New York, New York Omari Wiles | Les Ballet Afrik Hearst Plaza June 17, 2026 New York is Burning Akram Khan Company Alice Tully Hall July 2, 2026 Thikra: Night...
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“Love never needs a visa”: Hugo Marchand and Artists at City Center
Artists at the Center New York City Center New York, New York July 26, 2026 Hugo Marchand: Artists at the Center – Sonatine, “L’Abandon” section from Le Parc, Trois gnossiennes, “L’esprit du Bleu” from...
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State of Darkness/ Bardo and Les Misérables Arena Concert: TNT and Dynamite
Cassandra Trenary/ Michael Trusnovec The Joyce Theater New York, New York July 19, 2026 State of Darkness/ Bardo Radio City Music Hall New York, New York July 28, 2026 Les Misérables Arena Concert...
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Mark Morris: Soul of America
Mark Morris Dance Group The Joyce Theater New York, New York July 14, 2026 Program A: Soul of America – Jazz and Pop Pizzica, Three Preludes, Dancing Honeymoon, You’ve Got to be Modernistic Jerry...
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“Gustavia”: Treasuring the Forgotten
Royal Swedish Ballet Royal Swedish Opera Stockholm, Sweden June 12, 2026 Gustavia Sheenagh Pietrobruno A media buzz has surrounded Gustavia since its premiere by the Royal Swedish Ballet in 2024. A...
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Akram Khan at Jacob’s Pillow –“Thikra: Night of Remembering”
[Editor’s Note: Please join me in welcoming Justin Rustle to CriticalDance. His extensive experience is outlined in the summary that follows this review.] Akram Khan Company Jacob’s Pillow 2026 Dance...
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American Ballet Theatre: Met 2026 – Swans, Sublime Suds, and Celebration!
[Editor’s note: Performance photos will replace those used below upon receipt.] American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York June 17 matinee and evening, and June...
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American Ballet Theatre: Jake Roxander’s Stage Promotion to Principal
American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York July 3, 2026 Jake Roxander’s Stage Promotion to Principal Jerry Hochman Taylor Swift’s wedding wasn’t the only major...
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Birmingham Royal Ballet: Sir Peter Wright Centenary and 20th Century...
Birmingham Hippodrome England June 18 and 19, 2026 Maggie Foyer Celebrating a centenarian is a rare occasion and when that 100-year old has been so instrumental in shaping British ballet, there is even...
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Pilobolus at the Joyce: On the Road Again
Pilobolus The Joyce Theater New York, New York June 26, 2026 Program B: On the Nature of Things, Virtuous and Vicious, Lamentation Variations, Day Two Jerry Hochman Pilobolus, the company that...
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Lydia Johnson Dance: Stirrings of the Heart
Lydia Johnson Dance New York Live Arts New York, New York June 18, 2026 Program “Stirrings of the Heart” – Evening (world Premiere), Legacy, Ode (world premiere), Undercurrent Jerry Hochman If someone...
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AVID: Attack of the Killer Grandma
AVID (Artistic Ventures in Dance) Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center New York, New York June 6, 2026 The Wolff Jerry Hochman AVID (Artistic Ventures in Dance), led by its Founder and Artistic...
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Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance: A Winter’s Tale for All Seasons
Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance The DiMenna Center for Classical Music – Mary Flagler Carey Hall New York, New York June 10, 2026 The Winter’s Tale (world premiere) Jerry Hochman Last week, Cherylyn Lavagnino...
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BalletX: Reimagining Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons”
BalletX Festival at Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 5, 2026 The Four Seasons Reimagined (world premiere) Sigrid DaVeiga Christine Cox, Artistic and...
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Paris Opera Ballet: Nureyev’s “Romeo and Juliette”
Paris Opera Ballet Opera Bastille Paris, France April 4, 2026 Romeo and Juliette Sheenagh Pietrobruno Having just visited Verona a week before the evening’s performance, I am awed by the opening...
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Lucky and Grateful: a conversation with Lasha Khozashvili
A conversation with retiring Boston Ballet principal Lasha Khozashvili Carla DeFord Recently, principal dancer Lasha Khozashvili announced his retirement after an illustrious 16-year career with...
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Scottish Ballet: “Mary, Queen of Scots” at Lincoln Center
Scottish Ballet David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York June 4, 2026 Mary, Queen of Scots Jerry Hochman From what I’d heard through the grapevine, Scottish Ballet’s production of Mary,...
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