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Boston Ballet , “Bella Figura” The Boston Opera House Boston, MA April 28–May 8, 2011 Date reviewed: April 30 matinee By Wendy Perron   Kathleen Breen Combes and Isaac Akiba in The Second Detail. Photo by Gene Schiavone. Courtesy Boston Ballet.   Although this program of three pieces takes its name from Kylián’s Bella Figura, […]

Some people have asked about the talk I gave in Sarasota, where I outlined my seven reasons ballet is NOT dying, in response to ballet-doomsday-sayer Jennifer Homans in her book Apollo’s Angels. (Her book is actually excellent until that last chapter.) So I decided to tweak my notes from my talk at the event for […]

Atlanta Ballet Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre Atlanta, GA March 25–27, 2011 Reviewed by Astrida Woods   Tara Lee and Jacob Bush in Hampson’s The Rite of Spring. Photo by Charlie McCullers, courtesy Atlanta Ballet.   Atlanta Ballet’s artistic director John McFall thrives on stirring up audiences with unconventional programming. He took a giant leap […]

At a showing for arts presenters in the Dance Theatre of Harlem studios last January, Virginia Johnson told the audience, “Excellence is…elusive.” As she was speaking, her slight épaulement, gracious manner, and swiveling hands hinted at her own past excellence as a dancer.   The buzz is optimistic now that Virginia Johnson has taken the […]

In January 2001, Dance Magazine published our first “25 to Watch.” From the recommendations of our esteemed writers, we chose 25 “dancers, choreographers, troupes, and trends we’ll be watching in 2001 and years to come.” Now, 10 years later, we’ve turned the tables on a select group of those we’ve singled out over the years. […]

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 […]

Modern Meets Ballet in SLC In a rare example of genres crossing, Ballet West artistic director Adam Sklute has invited his local counterpart in modern dance, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company artistic director Charlotte Boye Christensen, to make a piece on his company. The commission shares the Innovations program with premieres by 2007 “25 to Watch” choreographer […]

Koresh Goes Gaga Koresh Dance Company performs its first Ohad Naharin work, Passomezzo (1989), this month as part of its home season in Philadelphia. Set primarily to the familiar strains of “Greensleeves,” the duet shifts between highly physical partnerwork (the male dancer spins the female slowly with his foot; she pins him to the ground, […]