Parsons Dance
Round My World Hand Dance Eight Women Runes Caught Whirlaway George Mason University Center for the Arts Fairfax, VA April 20, 2019 Carmel Morgan The audience assembled to see Parsons Dance at George...
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YAGP 2019: The Final Round
Youth America Grand Prix, 2019 David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York April 17, 2019 The Competition: The Final Round Jerry Hochman Celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year, Youth...
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Oregon Ballet Theatre: Giants
Oregon Ballet Theatre Newmark Theatre Portland, OR April 13, 2019 Director’s Choice Program: Presto, BringingOutsideIn, Jardi Tancat, Giants Before Us Dean Speer I have been on the prowl for great art...
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YAGP 2019: The 20th Anniversary Galas
Youth America Grand Prix, 2019 David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York April 18, 2019: Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow April 20, 2019: International Dance School Festival...
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SF/Bay Area Round-up – April 2019
Heather Desaulniers San Francisco Ballet – Program 6 – Space Between War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Cal Performances presents Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Program A Zellerbach Hall,...
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Lucky Plush Productions: Rooming House
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Terrace Theater Washington, DC May 2, 2019 Carmel Morgan I was aware in advance of its Kennedy Center debut that Chicago-based dance theater company...
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NYCB: The Old Choreographic Gods and the New
New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York April 24 and May 2, 2019: Hallelujah Junction, Herman Schmerman, The Exchange, Concerto DSCH Bright (new Peck), Bartok...
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English National Ballet: Emerging Dancer Award
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 7 May 2019 Maggie Foyer Compared with the dozens of ballet competitions on offer internationally, the small and perfectly formed, ENB Emerging Dancer Award, is a gem. It...
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Pennsylvania Ballet: DGV, Touch Trigger Fade, Glass Pieces
Pennsylvania Ballet Academy of Music Philadelphia, PA May 11, 2019 at 2pm DGV, Trigger Touch Fade, Glass Pieces Sigrid Payne DaVeiga Pennsylvania Ballet closed its 2018-2019 season with a selection of...
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Pacific Northwest Ballet: Moon Over Milton
Pacific Northwest Ballet McCaw Hall Seattle, WA April 20, 2018 (evening) A Midsummer Night’s Dream Dean Speer The full moon was out the night I attended Pacific Northwest Ballet’s glorious production...
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Diablo Ballet –“Celebrated Masters”
Diablo Ballet Del Valle Theater Walnut Creek, CA May 4, 2019 Celebrated Masters Bryn Namavari As Diablo Ballet’s 25th Anniversary season drew to a close, a trio of pieces from three distinctive...
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Northern Ballet: Victoria
Milton Keynes Theatre England 4 May 2019 Maggie Foyer Cathy Marston is riding high with her very successful adaptations of nineteenth century literature. This time she turns to the diaries of Queen...
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MorDance’s Romeo and Juliet: When Swords Fly
MorDance Baryshnikov Arts Center New York, New York May 9, 2019 R&J Reimagined Jerry Hochman In March, 2017, in the course of attending a performance by Tom Gold Dance, I noticed one dancer I’d not...
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Cinderella: A Story for All Seasons
Boston Ballet Boston Opera House Boston, MA May 10, 2019 Cinderella Carla DeFord On opening night the most memorable performances of Sir Frederick Ashton’s Cinderella were given by the two stepsisters,...
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American Repertory Ballet: A New Beauty
American Repertory Ballet The State Theater New Brunswick, New Jersey May 10, 2019 Beauty and the Beast (world premiere) Jerry Hochman American Repertory Ballet has a new hit. Kirk Peterson’s Beauty...
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SFAS Preview: Compagnie Virginie Brunelle and Zoltan Vakulya and Chen-Wei Lee
Preview San Francisco Arts Festival Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture San Francisco, CA May 23 – June 2, 2019 Compagnie Virginie Brunelle: Complex des Genres Zoltan Vakulya and Chen-Wei Lee:...
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An Australian Dance Festival: Dance Down Under
Australian Dance Festival The Joyce Theater New York, New York May 3, 2019 – Australian Dance Theatre: The Beginning of Nature May 11, 2019, afternoon – The Australian Ballet: Chairman Dances, Unspoken...
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NYCB: A Gathering of Dances
New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York May 8, 2019: Scotch Symphony, Valse-Fantaisie, Sonatine, Stravinsky Violin Concerto May 11, 2019, evening: Judah, Dances at...
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SF/Bay Area Round-up May 2019 End of season at San Francisco Ballet
Heather Desaulniers San Francisco Ballet – Shostakovich Trilogy War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco San Francisco Ballet School – Spring Festival Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco May...
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Dance Salad Festival 2019
Wortham Centre Cullen Theatre Houston April 18-20 2019 Dance Salad Festival 2019 offered a tantalising taste of the multifarious world of dance and this year scored with excerpts from Alexander Ekman’s...
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