Kansas City Ballet: getting under our skin in New Moves

Kansas City Ballet in Under My Skin by Gabriel Lorena

Kansas City Ballet in Rather Lively Very Rhythmic by Cameron Thomas

Kansas City Ballet in This version of you looking at you you looking back by Emily Mistretta

Kansas City Ballet in Komorebi by Natasha Adorlee

Kansas City Ballet in Secret Places by Parish Maynard

Kansas City Ballet in I am, lost to all but this by Morgan Sicklick

Kansas City Ballet in Circle Back by Caroline Dahms and Hayley Kostas

By Hilary Stroh, 23 March 2024

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“It was like we, the audience, was a voyeur in one of those Degas’ rehearsal canvases”

Reviewed at Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity: Michael and Ginger Frost Studio Theater, Kansas City on 21 March 2024

Kansas City Ballet

Natasha Adorelee, Choreography

Caroline Dahm, Choreography

Haley Kostas, Choreography

Gabriel Lorena, Choreography

Parrish Maynard, Choreography

Emily Mistretta, Choreography

Morgan Sicklick, Choreography

Cameron Thomas, Choreography

Kansas City Ballet in Jewels: ballet for ballet's sake

Hilary Stroh, 10th May

Balanchine's Jewels for the Kansas City Ballet is a very pleasing way to end the season.

****1

North American premiere of Caniparoli's Jekyll & Hyde is gripping

Hilary Stroh, 13th October

Enthralling, intense and terrifying, yet compellingly watchable. It may send chills down the spine but it is quite brilliantly portrayed.

*****

KCB's authentic Cinderella has clear narrative and plenty of parody

Hilary Stroh, 17th February

Devon Carney's Cinderella is fast-moving and busy, with the stepsisters cavorting across the stage as the epitome of pantomime dames

****1

NDT2 I dreamt, it was: a dynamic double bill

Mark Vicente, 28th May

Superbly balanced double bill comprising Kill Your Darlings and SAABA which highlighted the talents of the young dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater 2.

****1

Return to the Forest is a magical experience at Sadler’s Wells East

Maggie Foyer, 28th May

Gregory Maqoma’s immersive Return to the Forest delighted a captivated audience at Sadler’s Wells East with a superlative creative team and skilful dancing.

*****

Dada Masilo’s Hamlet: inimitable mix of wisdom and audacity

Maggie Foyer, 25th May

Dada Masilo wanted her audiences to feel the passion and to leave the theatre with a buzz. In her Hamlet, the commitment of the cast ensures this message still holds true.

****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.