A spectacular triple bill lifts ABT’s spring season in New York

Devon Teuscher in George Balanchine's Mozartiana

Hee Seo and Thomas Forster in Jiří Kylián's Nuages

Daniel Camargo and Catherine Hurlin in Alexei Ratmansky’s Firebird

Von Leigh Donlan, 15 März 2026

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“a motley crew, sporting neon-green, gnarled nests of hair and the hunched shoulders of rugby players”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lincoln Center: David H Koch Theater, New York City, am 13 März 2026

Mozartiana (George Balanchine)

Nuages (Jiří Kylián)

The Firebird (Alexei Ratmansky)

American Ballet Theatre

Simon Pastukh, Bühnenbild

Holly Hynes, Kostüme

Brad Fields, Licht

American Ballet Theatre Orchestra

Galina Solovyeva, Kostüme

Devon Teuscher, Tanz

Jake Roxander, Tanz

Joo Won Ahn, Tanz

Hee Seo, Tanz

Thomas Forster, Tanz

Daniel Camargo, Tanz

Catherine Hurlin, Tanz

SunMi Park, Tanz

Cory Stearns, Tanz

Viel Vergangenheit: Liebeslieder am Wiener Staatsballett

Rainer Zerbst, 14th January

Von Brahms und Balanchine bis Górecki und Childs: das Wiener Staatsballet zeigt einen zeitlosen Abend.

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Bachmann, Mahler, Goecke: Tanztraumpremiere am Wiener Staatsballett

Michael Klier, 14th November

Die vier Tänzerinnen und sieben Tänzer zittern, ihre Arme, Schultern und Hände kratzen, flattern und schluchzen in oft eckigem Gestus und doch sind alle Bewegungen im Fluss.

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Spitzengefühl und neoklassischer Ansatz

Katja Vaghi, 4th May

Die neue Premiere des Staatsballetts spannt einen Bogen über die neuere Tanzgeschichte des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts.

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Ballet for cowboys and soldiers at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 20th March

Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.

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American Ballet Theatre's double bill is short and sweet in New York

Ivy Lin, 15th March

American Ballet Theatre presents Balanchine's Raymonda: Grand Pas Hongrois and Ratmansky's Firebird which showcases the company well and provides a strong contrast.

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Understatement and spectacle at New York City Ballet

Carla Escoda, 26th February

Jerome Robbins' Dances at a Gathering and George Balanchine's Diamonds make a study in contrasts. With lots of debuts in the former and seasoned leads in the latter.

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Leigh Donlan

Former ballerina Leigh Donlan trained in Russian technique and a variety of folk and modern dance techniques, was Children’s Ballet Mistress at the Washington School of Ballet in Washington, D.C., Director of the Athenaeum School of Ballet in Alexandria, Virginia, and studied English at the University of Oregon and Public Relations at Georgetown University. She has been writing for Ballet to the People since 2014, and is currently on the faculty at Princeton Ballet School.