Ballet Nights 002: Changing Perceptions
Lantern Studio Theatre London 27 October 2023 Maggie Foyer The Ballet Nights season is a bold and brave venture from Jamiel Devernay-Laurence…
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ABT Met 2023 Final Week: Juliets, Romeos, a Hurlin Trifecta, and More
American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York July 18, 19 afternoon, and 22, afternoon and evening, 2023 Ro…
National Ballet of Canada at City Center: Frenzy and Finesse; Sound and Fury
The National Ballet of Canada New York City Center New York, New York March 31, 2023 Anima Animus, Concerto, Angels’ Atlas Jerry Hochman It…
American Ballet Theatre: Motions, Emotions, and Promotions
American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House Lincoln Center New York, New York June 9 afternoon, 2022 Theme and Variations, Single Eye, ZigZ…
The Joyce Ballet Festival: Royal Ballet Stars, and Spencerian Ignorance
The Joyce Ballet Festival The Joyce Theater New York, New York August 6, 10, 13, and 16, 2019 Program A: Asphodel Meadows Pas de Deux, Dance of t…
American Ballet Theatre: Manon Returns
[This review is an expansion of an "instant" review initially published in CriticalDance’s “First Impressions” section shortly after the referenced per…
English National Ballet: Manon
London Coliseum 19 January 2019 Maggie Foyer Manon Lescaut is a cruel tale of vice and venality salvaged by a love that grows stronger throug…
English National Ballet: Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s The Sleeping Beauty
London Coliseum 6 June 2018 Maggie Foyer This is a Sleeping Beauty to make you believe in fairies as the timeless, ageless Alina Cojocaru spr…
Estonian National Ballet, “Silent Monologues” and “Song of the Earth”
Estonia Opera House Tallinn 6th November 2016 Stuart Sweeney Estonian National Ballet’s new double bill featured Toomas Edur’s Silent Monologues …