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Dance in 2018: The Year in Review
City Ballet Let’s face it—the big story of the year was New York City Ballet: what did happen and what didn’t happen. We don’t have to recapitulate the scandal that forced three leading men out of the...
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Rejoicing at the City Center Balanchine Festival
The festival this past week celebrating Balanchine’s years at the City Center was held, appropriately, at the City Center. It was here that so many people first encountered him—in my case, in 1948—and...
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The Good the Bad and the Dubious Premieres of ABT’s Fall Season
It is the Year of the Woman at ABT, and at the Gala opening night of the two-week season that’s drawing to a close at the Koch, a lot of women made speeches, congratulating each other (and themselves)...
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The Ups and Downs of 2018’s Fall for Dance
Yes, it’s Fall for Dance time again, because it’s Fall! Five programs, twenty works. I’ll walk you through them, program by program. Happy landings! Program 1 1) First up was the Boston Ballet, which...
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Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Are Mirrored in a Magnificent New Dance
Last week was Bach week up and down the town—or least at the City Center and the Park Avenue Armory. It was also the first week of Fall for Dance, the ultra-popular dance-fest City Center presents...
View ArticleCity Ballet Shies Away From Taking Chances on Its Young Stars
City Ballet is packed with young talent: how long do they have to wait?
View ArticleSuperb Dancing Makes Up for What Choreography Lacks at Alvin Ailey
Despite magnificent dancers and unassailable confidence, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is still without a stable and convincing repertory.
View ArticleWelcome to the New Paul Taylor Dance Company
It’s the changing of the guard with a vengeance at the Paul Taylor American Modern Dance company.
View ArticleABT Celebrates Everybody’s Favorite, the Dynamic Herman Cornejo
Vital, masterful, visionary, ABT showed off everything that dancer Herman Cornejo has to offer during its fall season—his 20th with the company.
View ArticleThe Most Gratifying Fall for Dance Season in Years
For the 16th edition of its annual dance-athon Fall for Dance, New York City center pulled out all the stops.
View ArticleWhat New York City Ballet’s Fall Season Reflects for the Company’s Future
Jonathan Stafford and his associate artistic director, Wendy Whelan, have a long way to go before we can all relax about the future.
View ArticleBournonville and Mark Morris: Two Masters of Dance
A small group of dancers from the Royal Danish Ballet turned up at the Joyce last week with an all-Bournonville program, meanwhile Mark Morris put on a show at the Rose Theater. Both were a rare treat...
View ArticleRatmansky’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Puts ABT to the Test
ABT worked hard to give Ratmansky what he was after in their recent production of 'Sleeping Beauty,' but there was one problem.
View ArticleA Great Paul Taylor Dancer Steps Down
Michael Trusnovec's impending departure made the company's latest performance at the Manhattan School of Music bittersweet.
View ArticleNew York City Ballet Ends Spring on a High With ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
New York City Ballet's spring season may have started with some strange programming, but Balanchine's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' allowed the company to end on an upswing.
View ArticleAlexei Ratmansky Triumphantly Opens ABT’s Spring Season
As Artist in Residence at ABT, Alexei Ratmansky has given classical ballet the push it needed, debuting re-energized versions of 'The Seasons' and 'Harlequinade' for the company's spring season.
View ArticleNew York City Ballet’s Spring Season Runs the Gamut
A review of of City Ballet’s 2019 spring season that swings between inspiring and unfortunate, plus 'High Button Shoes' and Mark Morris’ 'Pepperland.'
View ArticleMartha Graham Dance Company at 93 and Going Strong
Martha Graham's company may be different to what it was 93 years ago, but under Janet Eilber's leadership, there's still plenty of reason for applause.
View ArticleFun and Games—and Dance!—at New York City Center
The modest and generous powerhouse Michelle Dorrance returned to New York City Center with a suite of works, meanwhile Sara Mearns charmed in new production of 'I Married an Angel.'
View ArticleCity Ballet: A Triumphant ‘Apollo’ Debut, a Disastrous ‘Orpheus’ Revival, and...
That City Ballet can't revivify 'Orpheus' after so many years is understandable. That they can't offer us an acceptable 'Serenade' is unforgivable.
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