Dorothy comes home: The Wizard of Oz returns to Kansas City Ballet

By Hilary Stroh, 15 May 2022

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Reviewed at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City on 13 May 2022

The Wizard of Oz (Septime Webre)

Kansas City Ballet

Michael Raiford, Set Designer

Liz Vandal, Costume Designer

Trad Burns, Lighting Designer

Kansas City Symphony

Amanda DeVenuta, Dancer

Danielle Fu, Dancer

The Great Gatsby at Kansas City Ballet

Hilary Stroh, 8th May

Septime Webre’s dazzling, maximalist Great Gatsby for the Kansas City Ballet is instantly engaging.

*****

Kansas City Ballet’s ALICE: a riot of creative dysfunction

Hilary Stroh, 11th October

Webre’s screwball ALICE (in Wonderland) for the Kansas City Ballet is colorful and packed with excellent performances.

*****

HK Phil en pointe in a satisfying mixed programme

Christopher Halls, 1st May

Chiyan Wong excels in Ravel, part of a diverse programme of music and dance from the Hong Kong Phil and Ballet conducted by Christoph Koncz.

****1

Dorothy's back in Kansas

Hilary Stroh, 12th October

A triumphant world première of Septime Webre's Wizard of Oz in Kansas City.

*****

Carmina Burana: Webre exits with a bang

Hilary Stroh, 14th April

Webre's ends his tenure at the Washingotn Ballet not with a whimper but a bang.

***11

Webre's last Director's Cut

Hilary Stroh, 25th February

Energy, Fun and Experimentation: Watchwords of the season at the Washington National Ballet

****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.