Pennsylvania Ballet Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA March 4–12, 2005 Reviewed by Lisa Kraus When Sir Frederick Ashton began creating La Fille mal gardée (The Wayward Daughter), Tamara Karsavina advised him to make the ballet “charm with innocence.” He accomplished just that with buffoonery, longing lovers, and a plethora of barnyard creatures. Pennsylvania Ballet’s […]
Lorin Lyle and Heather Murphy in Headlong Dance Theater’s Subirdia. Cylla von Tiedemann, courtesy Headlong Dance Theater DanceBoom! Festival The Wilma Theater The Avenue of the Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 9?27, 2002 Reviewed by Lewis Whittington Philadelphia’s independent dance community has always transcended its stodgy theatrical climate; in recent years, it has produced singular choreographic […]
Company premier of Daniel Pelzig’s Nine Lives: Songs of Lyle Lovett. Photo by Paul B. Goode, courtesy of Pennsylvania Ballet Pennsylvania Ballet Merriam Theatre Philadelphia, Pennsylvania April 12?16, 2000 Reviewed by Brenda Dixon Gottschild On the heels of its modern classics program in early April with Concerto Barocco and Rodeo, Pennsylvania Ballet presented contemporary and […]
PNB’s Carla Körbes and The Royal Ballet’s Eric Underwood in Agon at Vail 2012. Photo by Erin Baiano. Ballet lovers have been hanging their heads low ever since Carla Körbes announced that she would be retiring this spring. She initially mentioned that she wouldn’t be putting aside her pointe shoes entirely, but never […]
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