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The Great Gatsby at Kansas City Ballet: dance like everybody’s watching

Kansas City Ballet in Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Naomi Tanioka and Paul Zusi in Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet in Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Guest artist Eboni Fondren with Elliott Rogers and Cameron Thomas in The Great Gatsby
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Naomi Tanioka and Kansas City Ballet in Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Kansas City Ballet in Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby
© Brett Pruitt & East Market Studios
Par Hilary Stroh, 10 mai 2026
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“high-octane performances from the corps in the party scenes, all swinging limbs and busy footwork”
Critique faite à Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts: Muriel Kauffman Theatre, Kansas City, le 8 mai 2026
Programme
The Great Gatsby (Septime Webre)
Artistes
Kansas City Ballet
Tim Yip, Décors, Costumes
Trad Burns, Lumières
Paul Zusi, Danse
Naomi Tanioka, Danse
Andrew Vecseri, Danse
Kaleena Burks, Danse
Joshua Kiesel, Danse
Taryn Pachciarz, Danse
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Kansas City Ballet’s ALICE: a riot of creative dysfunction
Hilary Stroh, 11th October
Webre’s screwball ALICE (in Wonderland) for the Kansas City Ballet is colorful and packed with excellent performances.
*****
Dorothy comes home: The Wizard of Oz returns to Kansas City Ballet
Hilary Stroh, 13th May
Septime Webre's irrepressible reinvention of Dorothy, Kansas and Oz is back at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
****1
HK Phil en pointe in a satisfying mixed programme
Christopher Halls, 1st May
Chiyan Wong excels in Ravel, part of a diverse programme of music and dance from the Hong Kong Phil and Ballet conducted by Christoph Koncz. 
****1
Dorothy's back in Kansas
Hilary Stroh, 12th October
A triumphant world première of Septime Webre's Wizard of Oz in Kansas City. 
*****
Carmina Burana: Webre exits with a bang
Hilary Stroh, 14th April
Webre's ends his tenure at the Washingotn Ballet not with a whimper but a bang. 
***11
Webre's last Director's Cut
Hilary Stroh, 25th February
Energy, Fun and Experimentation: Watchwords of the season at the Washington National Ballet
****1
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Andrew VecseriJoshua KieselKaleena BurksKansas City BalletNaomi TaniokaPaul ZusiSeptime WebreTaryn PachciarzTim YipTrad Burns
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Hilary Stroh
Hilary Stroh
Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.