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

BalletBoyz: Still Pointless at 25 and still making it work!

Maggie Foyer, 13th May

The BalletBoyz present an entertaining programme of old and new works spanning the last 25 years – with stellar performances.

****1

Tulsa Ballet at the Linbury: an unforgettable, punchy UK debut

Deborah Weiss, 13th May

A stupendous London debut from Tulsa Ballet in which they present a contrasting triple bill. It bodes well for further invitations to dance in the UK.

*****

Tiler Peck’s Symphonie Espagnole for NYCB is sprawling and ambitious

Ivy Lin, 9th May

A triple bill including Tiler Peck’s newest ballet for NYCB, does not entirely work. Too much blue light and sadness for one program.

***11

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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.