Herman Cornejo's Anima Animal is muddled and dark

Herman Cornejo and Grupo Cadabra in Anima Animal

Herman Cornejo in his Anima Animal

By Ivy Lin, 19 February 2025

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“The only reason to see this was Herman Cornejo”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 18 February 2025

Anima Animal (Anabella Tuliano, Herman Cornejo)

Grupo Cadabra

Herman Cornejo, Dancer

ABT presents the classics with slightly uneven results

Ivy Lin, 25th October

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

ABT in Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale: CliffsNotes Shakespeare

Ivy Lin, 2nd July

Christopher Wheeldon’s The Winter’s Tale is a sumptuous looking production but on this occasion, it didn’t come to life emotionally.

***11

Uneven Woolf Works is a strong vehicle for a legendary ballerina

Ivy Lin, 28th June

Final verdict on Woolf Works? It’s sprawling, uneven, with parts that are thrilling and other parts that are prosaic and shallow.

***11

London Coliseum: the 18th Ballet Icons Gala was a little uneven

Amanda Jennings, 17th March

Highs and lows within a glamorous mixed bag of choreography are inevitable when people are travelling from around the world.

****1

Twyla Tharp: still cool after all these years

Ivy Lin, 13th February

Two world premieres and a piece created in 1975. Tharp herself came onstage to raucous applause. She might be “pop dance”, but audiences love it.

*****

He's not nice, he's amazing: ABT's Fall season opener

Ivy Lin, 18th October

A strong opening to ABT’s fall season, the company often seemed stagnant in the last years of Kevin McKenzie’s directorship. It is now more exciting. New leadership, new faces.

****1

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Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin's love of ballet began in high school when at the school dance she quickly realized she had two left feet. One always admires things one cannot do, and so Ivy began to attend dance performances to marvel at the grace and beauty of bodies in motion. Ivy's day job is a biology teacher and after a long day in the classroom she loves to unwind by watching dance. She also enjoys theater, opera, pop and classical music. Ivy has her own blog (www.humbledandoverwhelmed,blogspot.com)