National Ballet of Canada's Angels' Atlas had no wings

Genevieve Penn Nabity in Anima Animus

Koto Ishihara in Anima Animus

Artists of National Ballet of Canada in Concerto

Artists of National Ballet of Canada in Angels' Atlas

Hannah Galway and Siphesihle November in Angels' Atlas

By Ivy Lin, 01 April 2023

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“they contort their bodies and flail their arms in a lot of sturm and drang”

Reviewed at New York City Center, New York City on 30 March 2023

Angels’ Atlas (US premiere) (Crystal Pite)

Anima Animus (David Dawson)

Concerto (MacMillan) (Sir Kenneth MacMillan)

National Ballet of Canada

Rebecca Gladstone, Director

John Otto, Set Designer

Nancy Bryant, Costume Designer

Tom Visser, Lighting Designer

The National Ballet of Canada Orchestra

Christiane Marchant, Director

Yumiko Takeshima, Costume Designer

James F Ingalls, Lighting Designer

Julie Lincoln, Director

Jürgen Rose, Costume Designer

John B. Read, Lighting Designer

Calley Skalnik, Dancer

Genevieve Penn Nabity, Dancer

Koto Ishihara, Dancer

Siphesihle November, Dancer

Tina Pereira, Dancer

Peng-Fei Jiang, Dancer

English National Ballet’s Body and Soul: a very mixed bag

Deborah Weiss, 19th March

English National Ballet presents a double bill of contrasts at Sadler’s Wells with startlingly mixed results, not all positive.

***11

Strength to strength: NDT 1’s Resonance feels like a victory lap

Mark Vicente, 10th December

A triumphant evening showcasing the breadth and depth of NDT’s artistic intellect, and their dazzling versatility across various choreographic landscapes.

*****

NDT1 in Figures in Extinction: cerebral and physical excellence

Deborah Weiss, 5th November

An extraordinary evening of dance theatre of the highest quality, Figures in Extinction for Nederlands Dans Theater 1 is a thought provoking experience worth repeating.

*****

Figures in Extinction: a thrilling evening with NDT 1

Kathy Elgin, 22nd August

An evening focused on the separation of humanity from the natural world and the destruction of that world, either because of ignorance, greed or just not caring.

*****

Shadows and light: Ballet BC

Zoë Anderson, 20th May

Ballet BC’s double bill puts Crystal Pite’s marvellous, shadowy Frontier in conversation with the folk-tinged comedy of Johan Inger’s Passing.

****1

The Royal Ballet’s Light of Passage: mesmerisingly beautiful

Amanda Jennings, 20th February

Overall, Light of Passage is one of those glorious pieces where music, choreography and design meld together to make theatrical magic.

*****

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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)