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Performer: Isabella Boylston

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ABT's Theme and Variations delivers star quality performances

Chloe Misseldine and Joe Won Ann in Have We Met?! by Juliano Nuñes © Steven Pisano
American Ballet Theatre presented a well balanced program of Nuñes, Ratmansky and Balanchine which produced some revelatory performances.
*****
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ABT presents the classics with slightly uneven results

Chloe Misseldine as Nikiya and Joo Won Ahn as Solor in The Kingdom of the Shades © Steven Pisano
ABT offer some outstanding performances in a classical quadruple bill but there was a lack of confidence and uniformity within the corps de ballet. 
***11
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ABT's Ballet Imperial/The Dream: a weak start but a triumphant end

Isabella Boylston and American Ballet Theatre in George Balanchine's Ballet Imperial © The George Balanchine Trust, Rosalie O'Connor
The Dream is such a crowdpleaser that one wishes ABT would do this more often in their Met season, but Ballet Imperial needed more time to relax into. 
****1
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Moments and misses in American Ballet Theatre's American Splendor

American Ballet Theatre shows its range with pieces from George Balanchine, Alonzo King, and Jessica Lang, but the dancing and choreography remain uneven throughout. 
***11
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Ratmansky triple bill celebrates ten years with ABT

The Seasons is overstuffed, uneven and way too busy. There are so many steps, but they rarely made me "see the music". It was a frustrating ballet, with so many lovely moments that were less than the sum of its parts.
****1
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BalletNOW suffers from miscasting

BalletNOW returns to the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center in Los Angeles. The production features dancers from six different major ballet companies, but fails to impress.
***11
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