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Teatro Sérgio Cardosa São Paulo, Brazil October 19, 2011 Reviewed by Wendy Perron   This fledgling ballet company, co-directed by Iracity Cardoso and Inês Bogéa, chose an adventurous triple bill. Only three years old, it offered two works that most ballet companies wouldn’t go near—Nacho Duato’s earthy Gnawa and Marco Goecke’s super jittery Supernova—and a […]

In February the Stuttgart Ballet celebrated its 50th birthday with a three-week festival involving the whole company, its John Cranko School, guest companies, and returning alumni. We asked Dance Magazine‘s newest Advisory Board member, Evan McKie, to report from his vantage point as a principal dancer with the company. Monica Mason made a good point […]

In February the Stuttgart Ballet celebrated its 50th birthday with a three-week festival involving the whole company, its John Cranko School, guest companies, and returning alumni. We asked Dance Magazine’s newest Advisory Board member, Evan McKie, to report from his vantage point as a principal dancer with the company.   Monica Mason made a good […]

Fifty Years of Stuttgart Ballet Various Venues Stuttgart, Germany February 4–27, 2011 Reviewed by Horst Koegler Photo: Magdalene Dziegielewska, Marcia Haydée, Oihane Herrero in Las Hermanas. Courtesy Stuttgart.   When, John Cranko took up his new job as artistic director and chief choreographer of the Stuttgart Opera Ballet in 1961, he was a 33-year-old nobody […]

    Latino Fest Ballet Hispanico plans a smashing 40th anniversary season that stretches the geographical concept of “hispanico.” Spread out over three programs are world premieres by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (from Spain) and Maray Gutierrez (from Cuba); revivals of works by choreographers no longer with us—Talley Beatty (African American) and Christopher Gillis (from Canada); […]

    Hungry from Hungary The Györ National Ballet’s dancers are expressive powerhouses who move through poignant choreography hinting at the struggles of their home country, Hungary. Returning to the Joyce as part of a five-month festival entitled Performing Revolution in Central and Eastern Europe, the provocative troupe will dance a Stravinsky program with its […]

Laura O’Malley, Evan McKie, Friedemann Vogel, and Diana Martinez Morales in EDEN/EDEN by Wayne McGregor. © Stuttgart Ballet.     The fearless Stuttgart ballerina Marcia Haydée once said, “A dancer is only as good as the choreographers they have the chance to work with.” John Cranko, the Stuttgart Ballet’s founder (who died in 1973), introduced […]

        I never liked the title Fame for a movie about kids training to be performers. Maybe singers and actors fantasize about fame, but for dancers it’s not about that. It ’s about passion, discipline, and motivation. It’s about transformation on the stage. It’s about the daily work of developing your artistry […]