Dance on tap
Ratmansky triple bill celebrates ten years with ABT
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A bad hair day for Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's Medusa at the Royal Ballet
© ROH | Tristram Kenton
San Francisco Ballet’s Shostakovich Trilogy brings a strong close to the season
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Konzert Theater Bern: Paul Klee’s dynamism depicted through dance
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| Marie Taglioni in La Sylphide, 1832 |
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BernPaul Klee
Various, de Veer
Mattia Russo; Antonio de Rosa; Etienne Béchard; Tanzcompagnie Konzert Theater Bern; Till Kuhnert; Catherine Voeffray; Hanspeter Liechti; Winston Ricardo Arnon
BarcelonaIT Dansa - Youth company of the Institut del Teatre
Sawhney, Various
Akram Khan; Israel Galván; Alexander Ekman; IT Dansa
AmsterdamSwan Lake
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Marius Petipa; Lev Ivanov; Rudi van Dantzig; Toer van Schayk; Dutch National Ballet; Boris Gruzin; Andrew Mogrelia
ViennaWiener Staatsballett in der Volksoper: Peter Pan
Various: Peter Pan
Vesna Orlic; Vienna State Ballet; Wolfram-Maria Märtig; Alexandra Burgstaller; Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper
New York CitySymphonic and Electronic
Sousa, Rodgers, Gottschalk, Deacon
George Balanchine; Justin Peck; New York City Ballet
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Masters of Choreography: Beats on Pointe
A pacy extravaganza of hi-energy dance and humour at the Peacock Theatre.
Ratmansky triple bill celebrates ten years with ABT
The Seasons is overstuffed, uneven and way too busy. There are so many steps, but they rarely made me "see the music". It was a frustrating ballet, with so many lovely moments that were less than the sum of its parts.
Kansas City Ballet's season closes with triple bill
Company and World Premieres to round out KC'S ballet season
Rouge blows the cobwebs away in Rambert's triple bill
A new manifesto for Rambert under new management of Benoit Swan Pouffer.
Ratmansky's Harlequinade reconstruction already showing its age
Harlequinade shows Ratmansky's usual scrupulous care when reconstructing Petipa's ballets. His attention to detail and obvious love for the art form are to be admired. But these ballets are also living, breathing works and they need strong performances to be viable in the repertory.
NYCB's eclectic program worth the three hours
The ending of Stars and Stripesis a sure-fire applause machine. The lowering of the flag while all the regiments march and salute onstage is so corny that only Balanchine could have choreographed it with a straight face. And yet it worked in 1958 and it works in 2019.
