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New Beauty
Gillian Murphy in Alexei Ratmansky’s “The Sleeping Beauty” for ABT. Photo by Gene Schiavone. You can read my thoughts on Alexei’s ravishing new Beauty for ABT here, at DanceTabs. The run continues...
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A Conversation with Doug Fullington
A page of Stepanov notation (left) and Doug Fullington’s translation (right). It’s part of the action/mime from Paquita Act I. © Images courtesy Doug Fullington. When I was preparing for an article for...
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Catching up
This time of year, it’s hard to keep up with the goings-on in the dance world (particularly ballet). Here is a round-up of recent performances and news: Evgenia Obraztsova in Romeo and Juliet. Photo by...
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Swans at the Met, Fairies at the Koch
Misty Copeland (Odette) and James Whiteside (Prince Siegfried) in Swan Lake. Photo: Gene Schiavone. Misty Copeland had her long-awaited New York début in Swan Lake on June 24, with ABT. How did she...
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Royals x 2
Lauren Cuthbertson, Edward Watson and Ryoichi Hirano in Kenneth MacMillan’s Song of the Earth. Photo by Dave Morgan, courtesy the Here’s my review of the Royal Ballet’s second program, consisting of...
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ABT fall season Oct 21-Nov 21
ABT has announced its fall season at the Koch. It will include: An NYC premiere by Mark Morris and company premieres of Frederick Ashton’s Monotones I and II, Balanchine’s “Valse-Fantaisie,” and...
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Forward to Petipa
“Honestly, I just can’t stand seeing productions of the classics any more, because I know how far it is from Petipa’s intentions,” Alexei Ratmansky told me a few months back, when we began discussing...
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New York Highlights
Our Fall Dance Preview, in the New Yorker: Okwui Okpokwasili, Monotones (and a new Mark Morris) at ABT, and Twyla. American Ballet Theatre performs Frederick Ashton’s “Monotones I” and “Monotones...
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Bocca in Montevideo
On a visit to Montevideo this summer I spoke with Julio Bocca, who told me about taking over the Ballet Nacional Sodre, why Argentine dancers are so go, and being an “hinchapelotas.” You’ll find the...
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Four premieres at City Ballet and a few surprises at Fall for Dance
New York City Ballet had its gala on Sept. 30, featuring new works by four youngsters: Robert Binet, Myles Thatcher, Troy Schumacher, and Justin Peck. Here’s my review for DanceTabs. New York City...
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