The Look (and Gift) of Love: Mark Morris Dance Group at BAM
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Wednesday, March 20, 2024 performance reviewed by Leigh Donlan Marcy Harriell and dancers of Mark Morris Dance Group (Photo: Julieta Cervantes) Mark Morris is one of the most musical contemporary choreographers today. He produces music shows, not dance shows. The Look of Love is yet another masterpiece that exemplifies this ..read more
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An immortal heroine: Philadelphia Ballet’s Giselle
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Thursday Feb 29, 2024, performance reviewed by Leigh Donlan Yuka Iseda and Zecheng Liang of Philadelphia Ballet in Giselle, choreographed by Angel Corella. (Photo: Alexander Iziliaev) Philadelphia Ballet opened Giselle on Thursday evening at the historic Academy of Music. It was a charming mix of the earthly delights and pitfalls ..read more
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The genius of Antony Tudor: 5 ballets you can watch now, in your pyjamas
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A big thank you to New York Theatre Ballet and to Amanda McKerrow of the Antony Tudor Ballet Trust for generously allowing us to post these Tudor ballets. Elena Zahlmann and Kyle Coffman of New York Theatre Ballet in Antony Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas (Photo: Julieta Cervantes) With life as ..read more
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Lauren Lovette takes on Odette-Odile at NYCB
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New York City Ballet’s Swan Lake is a fixer-upper with great bones: mesmerizing lakeside scenes populated by caffeinated swan-maidens, vividly ironic national dances, and an epic denouement. The fixes are low-hanging fruit – why the company hasn’t gotten around to them is a mystery. The costs of sets and costumes have surely been ..read more
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Building Character in Alberto Alonso’s Carmen
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Toba Singer reported from Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida, which presented Alberto Alonso’s Carmen Suite, staged by his widow, former Cuban National Ballet dancer, Sonia Calero, on Nov. 8 and 9, 2019. It was an homage to Alonso, who had taught at Santa Fe from 1994-2008, to mark ..read more
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Meeting Alicia: Toba Singer reminisces
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Legendary ballerina Alicia Alonso, who helmed the Cuban National Ballet for 71 years, has died at age 98. Alonso was a star of American Ballet Theater and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She was also the first Western dancer to appear as a guest artist in the Soviet Union ..read more
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Balanchine & Cunningham: New York City Ballet fires on all cylinders
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Things got off to a slow start at New York City Ballet this season but lately they’ve been firing on all cylinders. A triple bill in which the most recent work dates back to 1958 looked thrillingly of the moment on Thursday night. Well, almost. The costumes for Tschaikovsky ..read more
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The Mysteries and Celebrations of Falling for Dance (I and II) at New York’s City Center
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An evening of largely uplifting and celebratory dance at New York City Center’s Fall for Dance opened with a bleak portrayal of intimacy by Crystal Pite.  This finely wrought duet, heroically delivered by Elliot Hammans and Alicia Delgadillo of Chicago’s Hubbard Street Dance, traced the chance encounters that led up ..read more
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All That Glitters: Liang and Lovette paired with iconic Balanchine
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It’s tough to be the opening act for two intriguing world premieres and Balanchine’s bulletproof Symphony in C. Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer is not quite up to the task. The Prokofiev score may be an intoxicating ride for the solo violin, but Robbins’ choreography is a much tamer ..read more
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The Royal Ballet Up Close and Personal at the Joyce
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It was a rare treat to watch a handful of Royal Ballet stars in the intimate surroundings of New York’s Joyce Theater; even better to catch them in play dates with their friends from New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and New York Theatre Ballet. Four programs were individually ..read more
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