There’s a moment in this just-released short film—featuring David Hallberg, that prince of princes—that really resonates. He grabs his left knee, then right, then right ankle, then left, with a kind of testing touch to make sure that everything is responsive. It’s a nod to a dancer’s relationship with his or her body, that all-powerful […]
New York City Center October 16–21, 2012 Performance reviewed: Oct. 18 What could have prompted Agnes de Mille to choreograph Rodeo? Was it really the thrill of the hoedown she attended outside Colorado’s Perry-Mansfield camp, or did this Western farce, which American Ballet Theatre celebrated during its weeklong fall season, expose a deep conflict […]
How does Alexei Ratmansky keep up with all of his commissions? We’re beginning to think that he has a secret clone. Let’s see: thus far in 2012, he’s made Symphonic Dances for Miami City Ballet, Firebird for American Ballet Theatre, and, running now in Denmark, Golden Cockerel for Royal Danish Ballet, which is by all […]
We were in the presence of jewels, of incredible riches at the ABT gala last night. Every performance had a grandeur, every dancer was someone you wanted to keep watching. And there was just enough variety to keep you wanting more. It didn’t feel like a grab bag of hits, as it can sometimes feel. […]
The ABT Gala is always very different from the NYCB gala. Whereas NYCB usually unveils a premiere or two (this spring they got lucky with Benjamin Millepied’s Two Hearts) plus a sturdy Balanchine ballet, ABT offers a sampler in the form of excerpts from the upcoming season’s rep. Tonight, we’ll see parts of Christopher Wheeldon’s […]
MAD Rhythm Trailblazing hoofer Jason Samuels Smith has performed everywhere, from Broadway stages to underground clubs. This month he’ll add museums to his list when he shares a program with postmodern choreographers Andrea Miller (April’s cover story) and David Parker. This grouping of humorous, quirky, and rhythmic is the last of the […]
“Reflections” Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa, CA January 20–23, 2011 Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf Yekaterina Shipulina in Aszure Barton’s Dumka. Photo by Steve Dawson, courtesy Segerstrom Center. Finally: a program with the girls out in force. Unfortunately, their force fields—no matter how magnetic—fizzled in the overly long (nearly three hours), unevenly paced […]
“Reflections” Segerstrom Center for the Arts • Costa Mesa, CA • January 20–23, 2011 • Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf Finally: a program with the girls out in force. Unfortunately, their force fields—no matter how magnetic—fizzled in the overly long (nearly three hours), unevenly paced program. Sure, there were fleeting moments of brilliance—both in choreography […]
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