A Tudor gem and magnificent beasts: New York Theatre Ballet forges on

New York Theatre Ballet in Carnival of the Animals

New York Theatre Ballet in Little Improvisations

By Carla Escoda, 01 April 2026

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“You could cut the tension in the auditorium with a diamond sword”

Reviewed at Florence Gould Theater, New York City on 28 March 2026

Carnival of the Animals (Beth Storey Taylor)

Little Improvisations (Antony Tudor)

New York Theatre Ballet

Sylvia Taalsohn Nolan, Costume Designer

Drama/no drama from New York Theatre Ballet at Judson Church

Carla Escoda, 10th April

Anthony Tudor and Merce Cunningham provided the lighter fare in a mixed bill that featured two world premieres from Kevin Iega Jeff, a veteran of the Chicago dance scene, and Julian Donahue, a newer voice.

****1

American Ballet Theatre's legacy works: vintage or dated?

Ivy Lin, 17th October

An uplifting triple bill by American Ballet Theatre with three contrasting ballets. Especially entertaining were Tudor's Gala Performance and Agnes de Mille's Rodeo.

****1

Natalia Osipova's absorbing Pure Dance at Sadler's Wells

Graham Watts, 23rd October

Osipova has completely shaken away any inhibitions of classical training to dance more freely than ever before.

****1

Star dancers choosing questionable dances?

Chantal Nguyen, 27th August

Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg's combined star power transcend this mixed bag of contemporary and classical dance.

****1

Frontier / The Dream: Washington Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 25th May

Space-Age Ballet Frontier premiered to honour JFK.

***11

Ballet San Jose

Terez Rose, 16th November

Change is in the air at Ballet San Jose, and Saturday night’s star-studded gala to welcome new artistic director José Manuel Carreño proved this in a big way.

****1

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.