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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 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.

“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.”

The Australian Ballet is impressive in this light, entertaining story ballet: a winner of an evening. 

An enjoyable evening of thematic dance but without any insights into the future of ballet. 

Benjamin Freemantle danced the opening solo, gorgeously, in the role of the grandfather as a dreamy young Adonis. 

Smuin Contemporary American Ballet presents a trio of works ranging from the sublime to the eclectic in the company’s 2016-17 opening program.

In order to really take you somewhere a performance has to open a window to another, higher plane of existence. This is that show.

Program 3 captures the multiplicity in contemporary dance.