Kansas City Ballet's contemporary showcase

By Hilary Stroh, 30 March 2019

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Reviewed at Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity, Kansas City on 28 March 2019

White Noise (Price Suddarth)

Parallel Lives (Gary Abbott)

About Looking (Haley Kostas)

Men in Red (Courtney Nitting)

Prism Break (Emily Mistretta)

This is Just to Say (James Kirby Rogers)

Eternal Concerto (Ryan Jolicoeur-Nye)

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New Moves for Kansas City Ballet is a great way to spot new choreographic talent.

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Septime Webre’s dazzling, maximalist Great Gatsby for the Kansas City Ballet is instantly engaging.

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Royal Danish Ballet’s Lady Macbeth: Akram Khan works his magic again

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An excellent extension to Akram Khan’s growing repertoire of contemporary ballet, Lady Macbeth, his first creation for Royal Danish Ballet, brought out powerful performances from the entire cast.

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The Trocks at Sadler’s Wells: uproariously entertaining

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A very welcome and hilarious return to the UK from Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, this time at Sadler’s Wells, they offer familiar and new works.

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Contemporary escapism at New York City Ballet

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A longtime NYCB fan favorite, Concerto DSCH by Alexei Ratmansky, meets the New York premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's Continuum. But the evening belonged to corps dancer Ruby Lister in Edwaard Liang’s Distant Cries.

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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.

New – and sombre – moves in Kansas City Ballet's contemporary showcase