Preserving and making new the Smuin legacy

Von Jaime Robles, 24 September 2018

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“No one continues Smuin's desire to combine the popular with ballet better than Trey McIntyre”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lesher Center for the Arts: Margaret Lesher Theatre, Walnut Creek, am 22 September 2018

Schubert Scherzo (Michael Smuin)

The Eternal Idol (Michael Smuin)

Echo (Ben Needham-Wood)

Sinfonietta (Rex Wheeler)

Merely Players (Nicole Haskin)

Smuin Ballet

Thrilling New Work by Women for Oregon Ballet Theater

Carla Escoda, 29th June

Oregon Ballet Theater closed its season with the first instalment of a new program in support of emerging female choreographers. New work by Helen Simoneau and Gioconda Barbuto made a particularly striking impression.

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Diablo Ballet's 20th Anniversary

Terez Rose, 6th March

Diablo Ballet celebrates its 20th anniversary with a one-night performance of dance, film, shared memories and surprise performances.

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Der Norm nicht entsprechen: The Romeo beim Holland Festival

Michael Klier, 26th June

Trajal Harrells moderne Choreographie erzählt die Geschichte des Romeo und sagt dabei mehr als tausend Worte...

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Marcos Morau bezaubert mit neuer Choreographie in Den Haag

Michael Klier, 16th May

Zwei Premieren von Marcos Morau und Yoann & Marie Bourgeois sowie Crytal Pites Paradestück Solo Echo sorgen für einen elektrisierenden Abend.

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Zwischen Alt und Neu: Shades of Blue and White am Stuttgarter Ballett

Rainer Zerbst, 5th February

Das Stuttgarter Ballett demonstriert wieder einmal, wie sehr es sich der Tradition verpflichtet fühlt, manchmal mehr, als ihm guttut.

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David Bintleys Weihnachtsballett A Christmas Carol

Rainer Zerbst, 23rd December

Ein beklemmendes psychologisches Drama... jedoch lässt die choreographische und musikalische Spannung nach Beginn schnell nach.

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Jaime Robles

Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.