The star of this show, without a doubt, is the littlest mouse. Every time he shows up, he steals the scene. His character reveals how brilliant Ratmansky can be with narrative continuity and surprise. Tiny Justin Souriau-Levine scampers with extra relish, embodying both innocence and defiance. He has such crazy purpose that it seems he […]
Clara Comes in Two Sizes Here’s what we know about the new Nutcracker that Alexei Ratmansky is making for American Ballet Theatre: The leads, on different nights, include Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg, Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes, and Paloma Herrera and Cory Stearns. There is no traditional Sugar Plum […]
ABT was not an instant hit in Cuba. But after two performances, a master class given by Kevin McKenzie, and two shots of David Hallberg and Paloma Herrera doing Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, the Cubans were hooked. And even better, there was a real exchange. The first performance fell kind of flat, maybe because […]
American Ballet Theatre Lady of the Camellias Metropolitan Opera House, NYC May 25–June 7, 2010 Reviewed by Rose Anne Thom Julie Kent and Roberto Bolle as Marguerite and Armand. Photo by Gene Schiavone, courtesy ABT. What a perfect subject for a ballet is Marguerite Gautier, the tragic heroine of Alexandre Dumas, fils’, La […]
Earlier this year I was pushing desperately to get back into cardio-shape after a ridiculously long injury. After 20 minutes of gruesome lengths in the pool, I thought about how the beating in my chest and shortness of breath I felt was nothing compared to what dancers go through during the tougher choreography. I laughed […]
What a thrill to be in a studio watching Vladimir Vasiliev working with dancers! Last evening he was rehearsing David Hallberg and Polina Semionova in his Romeo and Juliet in preparation for Youth America Grand Prix’s tribute to him this Saturday. Such readiness in his 70-year-old body! Ready to move and […]
“Kings of the Dance” Ahmanson Theatre Los Angeles, CA February 16–17, 2010 Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf Desmond Richardson in Dwight Rhoden’s Lament. Photo by Gene Schiavone, Courtesy “Kings.” Bromance was in the air—of the royal kind. At least that’s what was intended when seven of the ballet world’s top male dancers got together for some […]
Not the Same Old Shpeel The new Cirque show dances to a vaudeville beat. It’s a good bet that early 21st-century dancers haven’t given a great deal of thought to vaudeville. They might have paged through books documenting its heyday from the 1880s to the 1930s. Or they might have seen a […]
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