Preserving and making new the Smuin legacy

By Jaime Robles, 24 September 2018

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“No one continues Smuin's desire to combine the popular with ballet better than Trey McIntyre”

Reviewed at Lesher Center for the Arts: Margaret Lesher Theatre, Walnut Creek on 22 September 2018

Schubert Scherzo (Michael Smuin)

The Eternal Idol (Michael Smuin)

Echo (Ben Needham-Wood)

Sinfonietta (Rex Wheeler)

Merely Players (Nicole Haskin)

Smuin Ballet

Thrilling New Work by Women for Oregon Ballet Theater

Carla Escoda, 29th June

Oregon Ballet Theater closed its season with the first instalment of a new program in support of emerging female choreographers. New work by Helen Simoneau and Gioconda Barbuto made a particularly striking impression.

****1

Diablo Ballet's 20th Anniversary

Terez Rose, 6th March

Diablo Ballet celebrates its 20th anniversary with a one-night performance of dance, film, shared memories and surprise performances.

****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

Glorious debuts in Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée at The Royal Ballet

Deborah Weiss, 23rd May

Two vivid debuts as Colas, marked the second revival of La Fille mal gardée this season at The Royal Ballet.

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Jaime Robles

Jaime Robles has previously written in the San Francisco Bay Area, including for the San Francisco Classical Voice. Also a poet, she has written song lyrics and librettos for several one-act operas, including Inferno (music by Peter Josheff), staged in 2009 by San Francisco Cabaret Opera, and Vladimir in Butterfly Country (music by Anne Callaway), staged in 2012.