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All New Works Highlight Ballet West Show at the Joyce Theater

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 29 March 2015

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“A rock solid dance company with a lot of talent and a bona fide star in Beckanne Sisk.”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 27 March 2015

The Sixth Beauty (Matthew Neenan)

Games (Helen Pickett)

Presto (Nicolo Fonte)

The Lottery (Val Caniparoli)

Ballet West

Scottish Ballet's The Crucible: never less than thrilling

Kathy Elgin, 1st May

Scottish Ballet are tremendous in Helen Pickett's riveting production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.

****1

Anna Tsygankova is a riveting Lady Macbeth in Amsterdam

Vikki Jane Vile, 6th April

Dutch National Ballet give committed performances in Helen Pickett’s latest literary adaptation in a full-length Lady Macbeth.

***11

American Ballet Theatre: Crime and Punishment punishes the audience

Ivy Lin, 30th October

Great novels make bad ballets. There might be exceptions to this rule, but this isn't it.

**111

Balletic alchemy in Scottish Ballet's The Crucible

Graham Watts, 14th June

Helen Pickett's slick and revealing adaptation of Arthur Miller's play receives its London premiere at Sadler's Wells.

***11

An evening with Scottish Ballet at the Edinburgh Festival

Graham Watts, 8th August

A worthwhile addition to the locker of lockdown digital dance.

***11

Magical images, tulips and a lobster at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 11th October

Adam Hougland's premiere of Carmina Burana in Kansas City.

****1

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Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Andrew is currently a professional chef in New York City but he began life as a ballet dancer with the Hartford and Ohio Ballet companies. His writing also appears on the Huffington Post Blog and BroadwayWorld.com. His latest work, nominated for a James Beard Award, is “Return to the Rivers”, a Himalayan cookbook.