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Warning: The following claims are entirely subjective and are limited by what I’ve seen or not seen.     BEST (and worst) NEW CHOREOGRAPHY (world premieres or New York premieres.) • Borderlands, choreographed by Wayne McGregor for San Francisco Ballet at War Memorial Opera House. With snaking spines, vibrating arms, and torsos diving through a […]

Double the Diva MONTE CARLO    What do you get when you combine the sublime dramatics of Diana Vishneva and the stylish eloquence of Bernice Coppieters? Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Switch, which comes to the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo Dec. 18–19. Maillot chose a cinematic score by Danny Elfman for the work, which features longtime Les […]

Each of the four choreographers found a different treasure in Wendy Whelan. Alejandro Cerrudo found a partner in his liquid foray of extending gesture into full-out movement, a dancer who could curve her back to great expressive depth.   Photo of Cerrudo and Whelan by Christopher Duggan, Courtesy Jacob’s Pillow:     Joshua Beamish found […]

Tonight’s the night—Wendy Whelan’s Restless Creature has its world premiere at Jacob’s Pillow. We’ve been anticipating this program, which pairs the incomparable ballerina with four contemporary choreographers in a series of duets, since we heard the first whispers of its existence last year. (See our August “Dance Matters,” which mentions the evening is scheduled for […]

New York City Ballet ballerina Wendy Whelan talks about the challenges of her groundbreaking evening “Restless Creature,” in which she will perform four duets with contemporary choreographers Kyle Abraham, Joshua Beamish, Brian Brooks, and Alejandro Cerrudo.

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 […]

The Mariinsky in Nijinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps. Photo by Natasha Razina, Courtesy Mariinsky.   One Hundred Years Later May 29 marks the centennial of Nijinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps. Dance artists pay tribute to the original provocateur around the world (probably without the riots, but one never knows):     Akram Khan Company in […]

What I love about the Career Transitions For Dancers gala is that it brings together performers from different corners of the dance world. At tonight’s gala, called Jump for Joy, we’ll see tapper extraordinaire Jason Samuels Smith; Meditation, the solo that Balanchine made for Suzanne Farrell, performed by a member of Farrell’s company; Hubbard Street […]