ABT: Of Love and Rage and the Perils of Being Pretty
American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York June 20, 2022 Of Love and Rage Jerry Hochman Long ago, in a lifetime far, far away, there used to be a publication...
View ArticlePNB at DHK: A Tale of Three Cities
Pacific Northwest Ballet David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, New York June 22, 2022 Diamonds, Waiting at the Station Jerry Hochman Pacific Northwest Ballet returned to New York this week for...
View ArticleChamber Dance Project: Poetry, Feathers and Gatsby
Chamber Dance Project American University’s Greenburg Theatre Washington, DC June 16, 2022 Grace, Grandeur & Gatsby Program: Prufrock, Gravity to Grace (world premiere), Four Men (excerpt),...
View ArticleAmerican Ballet Theatre: Remarkable Role Debuts
[Upon receipt, performances photographs will replace the photographs displayed.] American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York May 29 evening, June 2 afternoon and...
View ArticleMOMIX: Alice in Manhattanland
MOMIX The Joyce Theater New York, New York July 13, 2022 Alice Jerry Hochman The latest MOMIX production to make its way to New York, Alice, isn’t what you might think it is. But it isn’t what you...
View ArticleScottish Ballet: The Crucible
Sadler’s Wells London 17th June 2022 Stuart Sweeney The Crucible premiered in 2019 and it was good to now have the chance to see this excellent production in London. Although set in the 1600s, the...
View ArticleAmerican Ballet Theatre: Motions, Emotions, and Promotions
American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York June 9 afternoon, 2022 Theme and Variations, Single Eye, ZigZag June 13 afternoon, June 16 afternoon and evening, 2022...
View ArticleThe Royal Ballet School: Summer Performance
Royal Opera House London 16 July 2022 Maggie Foyer The Royal Ballet School have a fail-safe item on their Summer Performance, one that ensures the curtain will come down on a packed audience with a...
View ArticleThe Grange Festival: Baroque Counterpoint
The Grange Northington, Hampshire 14th July 2022 Stuart Sweeney The Grange is a country house, dating from the 16th C with later additions in the style of a Greek temple – a unique and intriguing...
View ArticlePeriapsis: Intimacy, From a Distance
Periapsis Music & Dance Mark Morris Dance Center James and Martha Duffy Performance Space Brooklyn, New York May 21-22, 2022 (viewed by online video, August 4, 2022) Program: “Unbeknownst”...
View ArticleSarasota Ballet: Celebrations
The Sarasota Ballet The Joyce Theater New York, New York August 16, 2022 Birthday Offering, Shades of Spring (world premiere), Varii Capricci Jerry Hochman Under the leadership of Director Iain Webb,...
View ArticleChichester Festival Theatre: South Pacific
Sadlers Wells London August 4th, 2022 Stuart Sweeney This could be a brief review: great songs, great story, great production – go see it. However, although my short description is accurate, the...
View ArticleBattery Dance Festival: Three Programs – Part 1
[Note – it was my intention to review the three nights of the Battery Dance Festival performances I saw in one review. But the length would have been prohibitive. So they’re being split up by...
View ArticleBattery Dance Festival: Three Programs – Part 2
[Note – it was my intention to review the three nights of the Battery Dance Festival Performances I saw in one review. But the length would have been prohibitive. So they’re being split up by...
View ArticleBattery Dance Festival: Three Programs – Part 3
[Note – it was my intention to review the three nights of the Battery Dance Festival Performances in one review. But the length would have been prohibitive. So they’re being split up by performance...
View ArticleNureyev: Legend and Legacy
Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London September 2022 Maggie Foyer Rudolf Nureyev’s magic shone brightest on the stage. Further, his ability to work with and bring together dancers and choreographers and...
View ArticleLes Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks): London Program A
Peacock Theatre London 9th September 2022 Stuart Sweeney We don’t usually associate ballet with comedy. There are a few superb examples, Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardée and Ratmansky’s The Bright Stream...
View ArticleLydia Johnson Dance: Simple Pleasures
Lydia Johnson Dance New York Live Arts New York, New York September 15, 2022 Glide (premiere), For Eli (premiere), Time … and again (premiere), Undercurrent Jerry Hochman Founded in 1999, Lydia Johnson...
View ArticleAmerican Repertory Ballet: Kaleidoscope
American Repertory Ballet New Brunswick Performing Arts Center New Brunswick, New Jersey September 23, 2022 Kaleidoscope Program: Hindsight (world premiere), Bewitched, Delibes Duet (world premiere),...
View ArticleFall For Dance 2022: Programs 1 and 3
Fall for Dance 2022 – Part 1 New York City Center New York, New York September 21 and 27, 2021 Program I: Boys Don’t Cry (excerpt), Le Corsaire Pas de Deux, Bliss Program 3: Morani/Mungu (Black...
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