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February 7–10, 2013 Merriam Theater Philadelphia, PA Performance reviewed: Feb. 9, evening No one choreographs a slouch that slips into bountiful pirouettes as well as Twyla Tharp. And no one can perform it as well as the mercurial Mikhail Baryshnikov. That said, Zachary Hench did a valiant job as the lead in Push Comes to […]

Pennsylvania Ballet New York City Center, NYC November 14–18, 2007 Reviewed by Susan Yung There’s something about choosing to choreograph to Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” that spells trouble, like opening Pandora’s box. Its mere selection seems to mandate employing certain dynamic qualities that at first glance entice, yet when strung together, can be gaudy. For […]

Pennsylvania Ballet Merriam Theater, Philadelphia, PA June 7–11, 2006 Reviewed by Lewis Whittington   F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote psychological workups of his characters before he scripted their dialogue, and Pennsylvania Ballet dancer-choreographer Matthew Neenan seems to do the same thing with dancers. In his new ballet, As It’s Going, he has essayed a multidimensional work […]

Pennsylvania Ballet Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA March 4–12, 2005 Reviewed by Lisa Kraus   When Sir Frederick Ashton began creating La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter), Tamara Karsavina advised him to make the ballet “charm with innocence.” He accomplished just that with buffoonery, longing lovers, and a plethora of barnyard creatures. Pennsylvania Ballet’s […]

A series of recent scandals brought Cleveland Ballet’s rapid growth to a halt. Its new artistic director is hitting the reset button.

Superhuman. Otherworldly. Next-level. Jeffrey Cirio has reached the top rank of three world-renowned companies—Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and English National Ballet.

Cincinnati Ballet announced today that it has named Jodie Gates as its new artistic director, effective August 1, 2022. Gates will take over from Victoria Morgan, who is retiring after 25 years at the helm. Gates, most recently the founding director of the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance and founder and artistic director of the Laguna Dance Festival, will inherit […]

The lack of Black ballet teachers in professional training programs has long been known to be a weakness holding the field back from true inclusivity. The common refrain of “We can’t find them” might have been plausible before, given the scarcity of professional Black ballet dancers. Yet suddenly, qualified candidates are springing up. (Perhaps the […]