The Temple Didn’t Crumble by Leigh Witchel Pity the folk who get old enough to remember how something was way back when. Pity those…
Elements of Not Having a Style by Karen Backstein For its fall season, American Ballet Theatre focused on themed programs, whether a style, an era, or…
The Nostalgic Future by Leigh Witchel The gala for the Paul Taylor Dance Company offered two premieres and one oldie, suffused in a…
More Treats than Tricks by Leigh Witchel American Ballet Theatre assembled bits from the rest of the season to create a special Halloween program.…
Bringing Back Twyla by Karen Backstein No matter how well-choreographed a ballet may be, how structurally sound and clever, the excitement that greeted…
Back to a Familiar Past by Leigh Witchel Will the afterlife have dead women in tutus dancing to beer garden tunes? It ought to. And…
Three by Tharp by Leigh Witchel American Ballet Theatre fêted Twyla Tharp this fall, celebrating six decades of her choreography by going into…
Looking Back at 85 by Karen Backstein To celebrate its 85th anniversary, American Ballet Theatre looked back to its origins. For its Retrospective of…
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Leigh Witchel Miami City Ballet led off its season with a program focusing on a choreographer whose career it…
Foreseeable Future by Leigh Witchel The last program of the fall season at New York City Ballet featured a new ballet, new…
