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Boston Opera House Boston, MA November 3–13, 2011 Performances reviewed: Nov. 12, matinee & evening Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet is both dark and light. Dark because Susan Benson’s sets let you see the dingy side of Renaissance Verona; the color palette tends toward grey. Light because it offers real moments of humor. For instance, the […]

Next Wave Festival at BAM, Boston Ballet, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui     Next Wave Festival Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC • September 29–November 10, 2010 • Reviewed by Gus Solomons jr   The audience at BAM’s Next Wave Festival welcomed Pina Bausch’s Vollmond (Full Moon) like a tribute to the late choreographer, whose Tanztheater Wuppertal […]

Rie Ichikawa, Lia Cirio, Whitney Jensen, and Pavel Gurevich in Apollo. Photo by Gene Schiavone, Courtesy BB, © The Balanchine Trust.     The September 2009 move to the Boston Opera House was a miracle of timing for Boston Ballet, positioning the company directly at the center of the city’s newest downtown entertainment area. With the […]

BalletMet Columbus artistic director Gerard Charles will become the ballet master of the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago this July. Charles served as the head of BalletMet for over a decade and has been with the company for 26 years. He will continue to work with BalletMet in order to launch its 2012–13 season this August. […]