Boston rethinks ballet with the Rolling Stones and a world première by Jorma Elo

By Susan Blood, 30 October 2012

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Reviewed at Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston on 25 October 2012

Rooster (Christopher Bruce)

Awake Only (Jorma Elo)

The Second Detail (William Forsythe)

Boston Ballet

A carefully curated contemporary program in Boston

Jenifer Sarver, 10th March

Contemporary Ballet is alive, thriving and pushing in Boston

***11

Boston Ballet: Obsidian Tear bill

Jenifer Sarver, 3rd November

Boston Ballet opens the 2017-2018 season with a program full of power, grace and artistic unity

****1

Is Daniil Simkin the next Sergei Diaghilev?

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 5th January

With INTENSIO, a program of new dances he commissioned, Simkin is clearly making a major move.

***11

Boston Ballet: A String of Firecrackers

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 27th June

Boston Ballet's second program at Lincoln Center's David H Koch Theater showed off the company's terrific speed, musicality and versatility.

****1

Dutch National Ballet: Dutch Doubles

Sanne Thierens, 16th April

The Dutch National Ballet presents four brand new choreographies in Dutch Doubles, working together with acclaimed artists from different fields.

***11

Boston Ballet's Close to Chuck

Kathryn Maus, 20th February

To open the second half of its 50th anniversary season, Boston Ballet presents a trio of contemporary works that showcases the company’s ever expanding repertory and deepening talent pool with Close to Chuck Reborn.

****1

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Susan Blood

Susan's experience includes art school administration, gallery management, music publicity and journalism which you can find in print and online with her blog here. As a reviewer she has attended theater, opera, ballet and symphony all her life and loves having the opportunity to share it with others.