It was a fairy tale moment, a life-imitates-art moment, a moment for ballet fans to remember. After the Pennsylvania Ballet’s June 11, 2005 performance of Romeo and Juliet, Julie Diana and Zachary Hench, playing the ballet’s lovers, came out for their bow. With just the two of them onstage, Hench knelt on one knee, offered […]
In Portland, OR, the fall dance season begins outdoors with members of Streb leaping on a trampoline in Pioneer Square. In Berkeley, CA, activities start indoors at Zellerbach Hall with the National Ballet of China offering the West Coast premiere of Raise the Red Lantern. At New York’s Joyce Theater, Philadanco swings in for a […]
Paris Opera Ballet Palais Garnier, Paris, France November 10–18, 2006 Review by Karyn Bauer-Prévost Clairemarie Osta and Mathieu Ganio of Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris in Benjamin Millepied’s Amoveo Photo by Anne Deniau, courtesy Paris Opéra Ballet “Ambitious” and “poetic” were words used to describe New York City Ballet’s Benjamin Millepied when he made […]
Isaac Spencer in Nacho Duato’s Gnawa Photo by Todd Rosenberg, courtesy Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Joyce Theater, New York, NY August 8–20, 2005 Reviewed By Karyn D. Collins It’s not easy being a chameleon. For a top repertory company, three components are essential: a repertoire that fits the abilities and […]
Tulsa Ballet Chapman Music Hall, Tulsa Performing Arts Center Tulsa, Oklahoma November 9?11, 2001 Reviewed by Lili Cockerille Livingston A surgeon’s scalpel could not have cut through the thick emotional tension rising from the audience during Tulsa Ballet’s riveting performance of Nacho Duato’s Rassemblement. The 1990 work, set to a Toto Bissainthe score inspired by […]
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Shubert Theatre Chicago, Illinois April 13-May 2, 1999 Reviewed by Ann Barzel This professional company was founded twenty-one years ago by its artistic director, Lou Conte, as an outlet for several tap dancers trained in his school on Chicago’s Hubbard Street. He never intended the group to grow into a major […]
Amos Ben-Tal & Sintaro O-uel of the Netherlands Dance Theater in Sad Case, choreographed by Paul Lightfoot. Photo by Joris Jan Bos. Holland Dance Festival Lucent Danstheater, Theater aan het Spui, Korzo Theater, The Hague February 4-21, 1998 Reviewed by Helma Klooss The sixth Holland Dance Festival was dedicated to the artists who actually bring […]
What were the most popular dance topics of the year? We measured your favorite posts by the number of times you clicked on them, and though the results don’t necessarily capture the newsiest events of 2016 (see: huge turnover at major companies basically everywhere), they point to two broad themes that readers cared about: how […]
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