Kansas City Ballet’s ALICE: a riot of creative dysfunction

Kansas City Ballet in Septime Webre's ALICE (in Wonderland)

Naomi Tanioka as Alice and Alladson Barretto as Cheshire Cat in ALICE (in Wonderland)

Kansas City Ballet in Septime Webre's ALICE (in Wonderland)

Naomi Tanioka as Alice, Kevin Wilson as Tweedledum and Gavin Lorena as Tweedledee in ALICE

Kansas City Ballet in Septime Webre's ALICE (in Wonderland)

By Hilary Stroh, 12 October 2024

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“Webre has always known how to fill a stage, he is anything but a minimalist”

Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City on 11 October 2024

ALICE (in Wonderland) (Septime Webre)

Kansas City Ballet

Ramona Pansegrau, Conductor

James Kronzer, Set Designer

Liz Vandal, Costume Designer

Clifton Taylor, Lighting Designer

Kansas City Symphony

Naomi Tanioka, Dancer

Alladson Barreto, Dancer

Paul Zusi, Dancer

The Great Gatsby at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 8th May

Septime Webre’s dazzling, maximalist Great Gatsby for the Kansas City Ballet is instantly engaging.

*****

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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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.