Ballet is back Kansas City!

By Hilary Stroh, 16 October 2021

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“plenty of puckish, muscular Lords of the Dance and boisterous ballerinas”

Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City on 15 October 2021

Serenade (George Balanchine)

Wunderland (Edwaard Liang)

Celts (Lila York)

Kansas City Ballet

Sarasota Ballet's Conflicted Beauty: exemplifying excellence

Graham Watts, 17th November

An excellent and diverse triple bill with an Ashton gem at its centre.

****1

Petipa Awards Gala: thrilling theatrics and star turns!

Margaret Willis, 23rd September

A shimmering smorgasbord of some of today’s most exciting international dancers, who performed pristine works by Petipa.

****1

Pacific Northwest Ballet closes its digital season by looking back

Graham Watts, 18th June

An assortment of oddments from the repertoire to honour seven departing PNB dancers.

***11

Philosophy amid movement in San Francisco Ballet’s Dance Innovations

Terez Rose, 13th February

The ballet culminates with fouettés, bravura leaps from the oversized ensemble and a rousing finish with all 44 dancers onstage. It was an exuberant end to an intelligent, satisfying production, both of thought and movement.

****1

Firecrackers at the 15th Ballet Icons Gala

Margaret Willis, 26th January

An evening of sparkle and bravura at London's international ballet gala.

***11

Fall season's new works fall short at NYCB

Ivy Lin, 2nd October

Disappointing new creations in NYCB's Fall Fashion Gala, leaving Balanchine's Symphony in C as a surefire closer.

***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.