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Ratmansky’s spectacular Callirhoe launches the Ferri era in Vienna
The first new production of Alessandra Ferri’s directorship of the Wiener Staatsballett sees the European premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s narrative ballet Of Love and Rage under its new title, Callirhoe.
ABT in Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale: CliffsNotes Shakespeare
Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale is a sumptuous looking production but on this occasion, it didn’t come to life emotionally.
American Ballet Theatre: Crime and Punishment punishes the audience
Great novels make bad ballets. There might be exceptions to this rule, but this isn't it.
Twyla Tharp: still cool after all these years
Two world premieres and a piece created in 1975. Tharp herself came onstage to raucous applause. She might be “pop dance”, but audiences love it.
He's not nice, he's amazing: ABT's Fall season opener
A strong opening to ABT’s fall season, the company often seemed stagnant in the last years of Kevin McKenzie’s directorship. It is now more exciting. New leadership, new faces.
Like Water For Chocolate: frustratingly earthbound
Wheeldon lacks the imagination to take this story beyond that of a well-crafted adaptation of a beloved movie.