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Holidays in the Bay – 2019
Heather Desaulniers San Francisco Ballet – Nutcracker War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Oakland Ballet Company – Graham Lustig’s “The Nutcracker” Paramount Theatre, Oakland Smuin Contemporary...
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Boston Ballet The Nutcracker: Of Sugar Plums and Snow Queens
Boston Ballet Citizens Bank Opera House Boston, Massachusetts November 30, December 8, 21, and 27, 2019 The Nutcracker Carla DeFord In the Boston Ballet production of Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker,...
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Tops in 2019 New York Dance: Manon and Manon and More
Top 15 in 2019 New York Dance Jerry Hochman It’s that time of year. Again. Two years ago I decided to join many other reviewers and offered my list of the top dance performances in New York that year....
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Whim W’Him: Casta Diva(s)
Whim W’Him Cornish Playhouse Seattle, WA January 17, 2020 XPRESS Program: Of Then and Now, Behavioral Skins, Blind Spot Dean Speer How wonderful that my first dance viewing of 2020 (perhaps the NEW...
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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: A New Adventures Production
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House Washington, DC January 22, 2020 Carmel Morgan I came to Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake fresh from attending a New York City performance of...
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Shanghai Ballet: A Grand Grand Swan Lake
Shanghai Ballet David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York January 17, 2020 Grand Swan Lake Jerry Hochman The dictionary meaning of the verb “to shanghai,” derived from the 18th and early...
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Vuyani Dance Theatre, Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater Washington, DC January 24, 2020 Carmel Morgan The Friday night performance of South Africa’s Vuyani Dance Theatre (VDT) began in...
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet: Love Rocks
Complexions Contemporary Ballet The Joyce Theater New York, New York January 24, 2020 Program A: Bach 25, Love Rocks (world premiere) Jerry Hochman In a nutshell, if you went to a performance by...
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Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake: Of Swans and Men
Matthew Bourne / New Adventures City Center New York, New York January 31, 2020 Swan Lake Jerry Hochman I tend to overuse appreciative adjectives when I describe a performance, or aspects of it, that I...
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The National Ballet of Canada: Mixed Bill
The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude Approximate Sonata 2016 Petite Mort Piano Concerto #1 The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House Washington, DC January 28, 2020 Carmel Morgan...
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Danish Dance Theatre: Nightingale (Nattergalen)
Copenhagen Takkelloft Denmark 25 January 2020 Maggie Foyer Danish Dance Theatre, now under the directorship of Pontus Lidberg, is an international mix of dancers who tour innovative contemporary dance...
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The National Ballet of Canada: The Sleeping Beauty
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House Washington, DC January 30, 2020 Carmel Morgan With concern about my stamina, I entered the theater to watch the National Ballet of Canada...
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Mixed Bill
Ounce of Faith (excerpt) A Case of You Ode Revelations The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House Washington, DC February 4, 2020 Carmel Morgan This year, once again, Alvin Ailey...
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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company: What Problem?
George Mason University Center for the Arts Fairfax, VA February 1, 2020 Carmel Morgan Bill T. Jones was alone on stage, cogitating and circumambulating, at the beginning of What Problem?, which...
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Bereishit Dance Company: Judo; Balance & Imbalance
Music Center at Strathmore North Bethesda, Maryland February 6, 2020 Carmel Morgan Artistic Director and choreographer Soonho Park, who studied contemporary dance at Hansung University and participated...
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Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Production of Christopher Stowell’s The Sleeping...
Awakening — The Kiss of Practice, or Improving on Petipa The Afternoon of Wednesday, 22 January 2020 OBT Studios, Portland, Oregon Dean Speer What a joy and privilege to be able to enjoy watching the...
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American Ballet Theatre: Giselle
American Ballet Theatre: Giselle The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House Washington, DC February 11, 2020 Carmel Morgan Giselle is a favorite of mine from back when I had a...
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Pacific Northwest Ballet: Cinderella’s Triumph
Pacific Northwest Ballet McCaw Hall Seattle, WA February 1, 2020 Cinderella Dean Speer Cinderella has a long, long history in folk tales and legends and is one of the most beloved. Kent Stowell’s 1994...
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Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker: A River Runs Through It
Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker The Joyce Theater New York, New York February 4, 2020 Cão Sem Plumas (Dog Without Feathers) Jerry Hochman Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker has acquired a highly...
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Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Revival of The Sleeping Beauty
Sleeper Re-Awake! Oregon Ballet Theatre’s Revival of The Sleeping Beauty Saturday Night Performance, 15 February 2020 Dean Speer Well, I loved it, loved it, loved it, from the top to the conclusion....
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