Ethan Stiefel captures the Spirit of the Highlands

Seth Koffler and Clara Pevel in Ethan Stiefel's Spirit of the Highlands for ARB

Seth Koffler as James in Spirit of the Highlands for ARB

American Repertory Ballet in Ethan Stiefel's Spirit of the Highlands

Madison Elizabeth Egyud as Madge in Spirit of the Highlands

By Carla Escoda, 09 March 2025

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“which drove him to ever more impassioned displays of ankles and thighs beating strongly”

Reviewed at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), New Brunswick on 7 March 2025

Spirit of the Highlands (Ethan Stiefel)

American Repertory Ballet

Howard C. Jones, Set Designer

Janessa Cornell Urwin, Costume Designer

Joseph R. Walls, Lighting Designer

Frontier / The Dream: Washington Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 25th May

Space-Age Ballet Frontier premiered to honour JFK.

***11

ABT Studio Company and Royal Ballet School dancers: Shall I Compare Thee?

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 10th February

It’s heartening so see that the state of classical ballet is strong and there are many talented young dancers being nurtured to take their places in the top companies of the world.

***11

ABT Studio Company: The Next Generation

Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 15th April

Every year, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and the American Ballet Theatre Studio Company train dancers who go on to careers with dance companies all over the world.

***11

BRB’s Sir Peter Wright Centenary: a fitting tribute

Graham Watts, 18th June

A splendid evening of celebration for Sir Peter Wright at the Birmingham Hippodrome focusing on excerpts from his own classical ballets and The Green Table by Kurt Jooss.

****1

Royal Ballet School, School of American Ballet: the future is bright

Amanda Jennings, 18th June

An evening of outstanding dancing from the Royal Ballet School and the School of American Ballet. It was a case of spotting tomorrow’s stars in a beautifully balanced programme.

*****

Acosta Danza Yunior: fabulous dancers, uneven choreography

Deborah Weiss, 17th June

A welcome to Acosta Danza Yunior who have bags of potential. However, not all of the choreography engaged their talents sufficiently in this programme.

***11

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Carla Escoda

Born in the Philippines, Carla trained as a ballet and modern dancer with the Alice Reyes Dance Company in Manila. She has lived and worked in Asia and the U.S. and has written about the arts for Bachtrack, KQED (the northern California public media broadcaster), Dance International, dance journal/hk, the Huffington Post, Dance Europe and ballettothepeople.