Atlanta Ballet shines in a mixed contemporary program

Atlanta Ballet in Claudia Schreier's You Dig

Mikaela Santos and Sayron Pereira in Yuri Possokhov's Dunayevsky Pas de Deux

Denys Nedak in Val Caniparoli’s Aria

Brooke Gilliam and Carraig New in Yuri Possokhov’s Nighthawks

Catherine Conley and Denys Nedak in Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour

Airi Igarashi and Sayron Pereira in Christopher Wheeldon's Within the Golden Hour

Par Rebecca Ehrhardt, 05 avril 2026

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“but it never takes itself too seriously, retaining a playful, whimsical quality throughout”

Critique faite à Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre: John A Williams Theatre, Atlanta, le 3 avril 2026

Within the Golden Hour (Christopher Wheeldon)

Aria (Val Caniparoli)

Swimmer (excerpts) (Yuri Possokhov)

You Dig (world premiere) (Claudia Schreier)

Dunayevsky Pas de Deux (Yuri Possokhov)

Atlanta Ballet

Leonor Texidor, Costumes

Peter Mumford, Lumières

Atlanta Ballet Orchestra

Les « Racines » inégales du Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris à Bastille

Laurine Mortha, 6th October

Entre une pièce des années 1950 de Balanchine et les deux créations récentes des chorégraphes Mthuthuzeli November et Christopher Wheeldon, le programme mixte néo-classique produit un effet mitigé.

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Programme Y

Anne-Laure Faubert, 8th July

A l’occasion de la 13° édition des Etés de la Danse, l'Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater prend ses quartiers à la Seine Musicale.

Un hommage à Pierre Boulez hétéroclite

Laurine Mortha, 5th December

Avec une soirée mixte réunissant les chorégraphies de Christopher Wheeldon, Wayne McGregor et Pina Bausch, l’Opéra de Paris rend hommage au compositeur et chef d’orchestre contemporain Pierre Boulez.

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NYCB: Ratmansky’s The Naked King is not satire, but good fun

Ivy Lin, 7th February

New York City Ballet presents a very entertaining quadruple bill which includes Alexei Ratmansky’s latest work, The Naked King, showing off the company’s comic talents.

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The Royal Ballet’s Like Water for Chocolate is sumptuous but complex

Amanda Jennings, 1st October

The Royal Ballet’s season opener, Christopher Wheeldon’s Like Water for Chocolate, is visually tremendous, very well danced but the many principal and soloist characters are difficult to keep up with.

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Ballet Nights makes an impressive and unforgettable Scottish debut

Kathy Elgin, 4th July

Ballet Nights is more than an evening of party pieces: it showcases emerging talent alongside older favourites and, in the case of this first Scottish outing, has an eye to local tradition.

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Rebecca Ehrhardt

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Rebecca Ehrhardt was raised by dancers and has a passion for ballet. She is a trained cultural critic with a PhD in English from the University of Southern California, where she wrote a dissertation on British literature and the philosophy of language. Rebecca also holds a BA from Columbia University and a JD from Vanderbilt University. She currently works as a judicial clerk and takes open ballet classes in her spare time.