Dame Beryl Grey in The Sleeping Beauty, which she plans to remount for the Royal Swedish Ballet this fall. Courtesy The Royal Ballet Gala for Dame Beryl Grey Sadler’s Wells Theatre London, England March 10, 2002 Reviewed by Margaret Willis They came from all over the world to pay tribute to this remarkable woman. The […]
New York City Ballet New York State Theater New York City, New York January 5-February 28, 1999 Reviewed by Kate Mattingly As a new currency drew Europe together, New York City Ballet divided repertory according to the country of each composer’s birth. Austria, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Russia were represented in their Nation’s […]
Over the weekend, Twitter and Facebook filled with tributes to dance icon Donald McKayle, who passed away at age 87 on Saturday. Revered for his passion and humanism, McKayle powerfully showcased the depth of the human condition through dance. He not only broke barriers as the first black man to direct and choreograph a Broadway […]
The Bolshoi Ballet is all about making a big splash. So it’s no surprise that just as bunheads everywhere have begun clearing their schedules on October 1 for the epic 20-hour World Ballet Day livestream, the Bolshoi’s stealing a bit of pre-game thunder. A new online video series, which launched today on the YouTube channel […]
The edgy ballerina says good-bye to New York City Ballet and hello to new experiments. In her Restless Creature duet with Brian Brooks. Photo by Christopher Duggan, Courtesy Whelan. Wendy Whelan has practically defined the term “contemporary ballerina.” With her crystal-cut shapes and unsentimental, almost spiritual energy, she brings clarity to whatever she dances, whether […]
The superhuman Wendy Whelan’s own evening of dance Whelan, with Brian Brooks, in Brooks’ Fall Falls. Photo by Christopher Duggan, Courtesy Jacob’s Pillow. Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature, premiering at Jacob’s Pillow this month, connects the ballerina—one of the finest of our time—with four contemporary choreographers. Joshua Beamish, Alejandro Cerrudo, Brian Brooks, and […]
Christopher Stowell steps down. Stowell rehearsing Yuka Iino and Jon Drake. Photo: Blaine Truitt Covert, Courtesy OBT Last spring, Oregon Ballet Theatre’s dancers tore up the stage of Portland’s Newmark Theatre in a downright thrilling performance of Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto, providing a watershed moment in Christopher Stowell’s artistic directorship. The ballet demands mathematical precision, […]
A Wellspring of Rites One hundred years after Nijinsky’s riot-inducing Le Sacre du Printemps premiered, dance companies around the world are celebrating this iconic work (see “After the Revolution,” Feb.). Performances happening this month include: American Repertory Ballet premieres director Douglas Martin’s version. BalletMet Columbus performs James Kudelka’s new Rite of Spring. Bill T. […]
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