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New York CityBallet Festival Week 2 – curated by Misty Copeland
Bach, Verschiedene, Strawinsky, Caccini, Massenet
Ilo; Stanton Welch; Andrea Miller; Alonzo King; Mikhail Fokine; John Taras; Dwight Rhoden; Rudolf Nureyev; James Whiteside; Derek Brockington; Madison Brown; Aeron Buchanan; Kellen Hornbuckle
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Houston Ballet: a hugely entertaining Cinderella
Stanton Welch's Cinderella has mostly worn well at Houston Ballet, anchored by a delightful rewriting of the central love story and packed with marvellous, witty details.
Stanton Welch's zany, imaginative Nutcracker for Houston Ballet
Stanton Welch's 2016 production of The Nutcracker for Houston Ballet is a wild and dazzling ride, even for those who think they've had enough of this warhorse of a ballet.
Visions of Classical (Re)Vision in San Francisco
“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.”
No Greek tragedy: the Australian Ballet has fun in Sylvia
The Australian Ballet is impressive in this light, entertaining story ballet: a winner of an evening.
A lively evening of pure dance from San Francisco Ballet
An enjoyable evening of thematic dance but without any insights into the future of ballet.
Unbound Festival continues with superb dancing
Benjamin Freemantle danced the opening solo, gorgeously, in the role of the grandfather as a dreamy young Adonis.