A spine-tingling Dracula from Kansas City Ballet

By Hilary Stroh, 19 February 2022

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“This is narrative ballet at its contemporary best.”

Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City on 18 February 2022

Dracula (Michael Pink)

Kansas City Ballet

Lez Brotherston, Set Designer, Costume Designer

David Grill, Lighting Designer

Kansas City Symphony

Liang Fu, Dancer

Lamin Pereira, Dancer

Kaleena Burks, Dancer

Danielle Fu, Dancer

Kelsey Ivana Hellebuyck, Dancer

Taryn Mejia, Dancer

Amaya Rodriguez, Dancer

Northern Ballet at 50: a gala celebration in Leeds

Graham Watts, 4th January

Northern Ballet reaches its half-century with a gala at Leeds Grand Theatre featuring highlights from its "greatest hits".

***11

Provocative war-time Giselle at Milwaukee Ballet

Carla Escoda, 26th March

Michael Pink's Giselle for Milwaukee Ballet is set in a 1940’s Jewish ghetto, policed by armed guards. This moving production is supported by Gavin Sutherland's modernist updating of the score, and Lez Brotherston's striking, muted designs.

****1

Deep into the American psyche: Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men

Hilary Stroh, 1st May

Carlisle Floyd's operatic setting of John Steinbeck’s classic novella is given a new production in the composer's centenary year at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

****1

Ballet for cowboys and soldiers at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 20th March

Kansas City Ballet celebrate the USA’s 250th anniversary with three American ballets. Balanchine's Stars and Stripes, de Mille's Rodeo and a new work by Caili Quan, A Home Away.

****1

Porgy and Bess: Catfish Row arrives in Kansas City

Hilary Stroh, 28th February

Francesca Zambello's magnificent production of the Gershwins’ American epic comes to the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

****1

Kansas City Ballet in Swan Lake: good girl vs bad girl

Hilary Stroh, 17th October

Swan Lake opens the season for Kansas City Ballet in a splendid looking production and with very pleasing interpretations.

****1

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Hilary Stroh

Hilary is an independent scholar and academic historian, based in DC. She has a background in violin, piano and ballet. Educated at Dublin and Cambridge, she has recently published her first two books.