ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company – Message in a Bottle
The Peacock Theatre, London 19th February 2020 Stuart Sweeney With Into the Hoods and Some Like it Hip Hop, Kate Prince had notable award winning successes and her new work, Message in a Bottle, is...
View ArticleThe Washington Ballet: Balanchine + Ashton
Défilé; Birthday Offering; Méditation from Thaïs; Allegro Brillante; Slaughter on Tenth Avenue The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater Washington, DC February 22, 2020...
View ArticleAmerican Repertory Ballet: Giselle
American Repertory Ballet New Brunswick Performing Arts Center New Brunswick, New Jersey February 14, 2020 Giselle (premiere) Jerry Hochman Who knew? Who knew that in the midst of rebuilding, and of...
View ArticleCompagnie Hervé Koubi: Barbarians All
Compagnie Hervé Koubi The Joyce Theater New York, New York February 18, 2020 Les nuits barbares ou les premiers matins du monde (The Barbarian Nights, or the First Dawns of the World) Jerry Hochman...
View ArticleThe Russell Maliphant Company: maliphantworks3
The Coronet Theatre London 22nd February 2020 Stuart Sweeney The Russell Maliphant Company has enriched our dance experience for nearly 25 years. Over those years they have visited an extraordinary...
View ArticleDEMO: Now 2020
Director and Curator Damian Woetzel The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater Washington, DC March 2, 2020 Carmel Morgan Now in his fifth year of directing and curating a...
View ArticleCherylyn Lavagnino Dance: All the Lonely People
Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance The DiMenna Center for Classical Music New York, New York February 25, 2020 Tales of Hopper (premiere), Triptych (excerpt), Veiled Jerry Hochman With increasing frequency, I’m...
View ArticleCrystal Pite, Jonathan Young, Kidd Pivot: Revisor
Sadler’s Wells London 5th March 2020 Stuart Sweeney Over the past five years, we have seen examples of choreographers working in parallel with theatre directors to make outstanding works. Annabelle...
View ArticleFruits borne out of rust
Concept/Director: Tabaimo Concept/Choreographer: Maki Morishita Composers: Yusuke Awazu and Keisuke Tanaka Dancer: Chiharu Mamiya Musicians: Keisuke Tanaka (electric piano, cello, French horn, double...
View ArticlePennsylvania Ballet: La Bayadere
Pennsylvania Ballet Academy of Music Philadelphia, PA March 6, 2020 La Bayadere Sigrid Payne DaVeiga One day before Angel Corella’s 2020 interpretation of La Bayadere opened on the stage at the...
View ArticleMartha Graham Dance Company: The EVE Project
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater Washington, DC March 5, 2020 Carmel Morgan March 5, 2020 was a good night to celebrate women for so many reasons. It was the day...
View ArticleNew York City Ballet: Winter 2020
New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York January 23, 2020: Danses Concertantes, Monumentum pro Gesualdo, Movements for Piano and Orchestra, Stravinsky Violin...
View ArticleBallet Vlaanderen: From Flanders to the Joyce
Ballet Vlaanderen The Joyce Theater New York, New York March 3, 2020 CKaash, Faun, Ten Duets on a Theme of Rescue Jerry Hochman I can’t complain about the repertory program that Ballet Vlaanderen...
View ArticleNederlands Dans Theater: The Twilight Zone
Nederlands Dans Theater New York City Center New York, New York March 4, 2020 The missing door, Walk the Demon, Shut Eye Jerry Hochman “You’re traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only...
View ArticleRoyal Swedish Ballet: Kylián/Ek/Naharin
Royal Swedish Ballet Stockholm Opera House Stockholm, Sweden February 26, 2020 Kylián/Ek/Naharin Program: Wings of Wax, Woman with Water, Minus 16 Sheenagh Pietrobruno Under the artistic directorship...
View ArticleBalletBoyz: Deluxe
An opportunity to see a dance premiere online. The show will be reviewed for CriticalDance by Maggie Foyer. BALLETBOYZ NEW SHOW DELUXE TO AIR ON BBC FOUR FOR THE BBC CULTURE IN QUARANTINE FESTIVAL...
View ArticleScottish Ballet: “This is My Body…”– Controlling Temptation
[pending receipt of photographs from MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps)] Scottish Ballet The Joyce Theater New York, New York March 10, 2020 This is My Body… Program: Sibilo, MC 14/22 (Ceci est mon corps)...
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet Online Part 1
In this time of self isolation and closed theatres, dance enjoyment can still be obtained online. Here is the first part of some links from the Royal Opera House and I’ll put up more in the next few...
View ArticleCoping with Coronavirus: YAGP and other Online Classes
Coping with Coronavirus: YAGP-sponsored and other Online Ballet Classes Jerry Hochman By now, everyone who cares to know is aware that online classes are being offered by organizations like Youth...
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet Online Part 2
Stuart Sweeney In this time of self isolation and closed theatres, dance enjoyment can still be obtained online. Here is the second part of some links from the Royal Opera House and one from Sadler’s...
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