Complexions puts in rehearsal time. Photo by Rose Eichenbaum Complexions Ahmanson Theatre Los Angeles, California November 1?4, 2001 Reviewed by Sara Wolf Dance in Southern California received a leg up in 2001 from the Center Dance Association, a new group dedicated to filling two venerable downtown L.A. venues, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the Ahmanson […]
Pacific Northwest Ballet dances the patriotic Stars and Stripes, per the dancers’ request. Photo by Angela Stirling, courtesy Pacific Northwest Ballet Pacific Northwest Ballet Seattle Opera House Seattle, Washington September 20?30, 2001 Reviewed by Martha Ullman West Francia Russell and Kent Stowell, co-artistic directors of Pacific Northwest Ballet, like to look back before they move […]
The Frankfurt Ballet TAT Bockenheimer Depot Frankfurt, Germany December 8?17, 2000 Reviewed by Roslyn Sulcas William Forsythe’s newest work, Kammer/Kammer, moves into terrain that is both surprising and yet, given this choreographer’s consistent interest in breaching the boundaries of disparate artistic forms, a logical extension of much of his recent work. Like another recent work, […]
Ailey II Aaron Davies Hall New York, New York March 30?April 2, 2000 Reviewed by Roslyn Sulcas To celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, Ailey II (founded in 1974 as the Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble) presented an ambitious seventeen-work program over a four-day season that opened with a heartfelt tribute from Judith Jamison to Sylvia Waters, who […]
Pacific Northwest Ballet Seattle Opera House Seattle, Washington March 16?25, 2000 Reviewed by Martha Ullman West Who would have thought that William Forsythe’s revved-up, explosively unconventional 1988 ballet In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated would be the hit of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s fourth concert series of the current season? Or that these carefully schooled dancers would […]
Paris Opera Ballet Palais Garnier Paris, France March 31-April 14, 1999 Reviewed by Karyn Bauer “A triumph.” “Prodigious.” “Forsythe at his best!” These were some of the comments that could be heard in the halls of the Palais Garnier following Paris Opéra Ballet’s performance of Woundwork I and Pas./parts, the product of William Forsythe’s first […]
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 […]
New York Theatre Ballet Sylvia & Danny Kaye Playhouse New York City, New York March 19-21, 1998 Reviewed by Robert Greskovic Longevity and ambition understandably bring notice and recognition to an arts organization. So, as New York Theatre Ballet, formerly known as Balletfore, celebrated a twentieth anniversary, suitable congratulations were in order. To mark the […]
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