Dance

Kaleena Burks impresses in her role as Odette/Odile in Kansas City Ballet's Swan Lake. 

The ballet culminates with fouettés, bravura leaps from the oversized ensemble and a rousing finish with all 44 dancers onstage. It was an exuberant end to an intelligent, satisfying production, both of thought and movement.

As the prototype to Bausch's unique style, this finely-shredded Bluebeard is to be cherished.

The Joffrey Ballet presents a roster of choreographers with new approaches, a positive impression for the future of ballet. 

“Your love affair with ballet, your time with ballet, is short,” explains Welsh about his ballet Bespoke, “Eventually you lay down, and dance keeps moving. It’s a bittersweet thing.”