Those Who Were, Are Now, and Will Be by Karen Backstein It was an evening of remembrance and celebration. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater paid tribute to its…
Menu dégustation by Leigh Witchel There’s an étoile in the house. For New York City Center’s fifth Artists at the Center program,…
The Void Will Appear Soon by Karen Backstein “Welcome to Translation,” came the announcement over the loudspeaker. “The void will appear soon.” The moment you…
Layers of Giselle by Leigh Witchel A patchwork of ideas prompts a patchwork of responses. Pacific Northwest Ballet’s staging of a historically-informed Giselle…
Game of Casts by Karen Backstein What happens when a ballerina gets injured and can’t do her show? Well, at American Ballet Theatre,…
Torn Letters, Shattered Dreams by Karen Backstein After a run last summer, American Ballet Theatre encored John Cranko’s Onegin, based on Alexander Pushkin’s classic…
Pastiche by Leigh Witchel American Ballet Theatre has been doing Frederick Ashton’s Sylvia for more than two decades now. Often, it…
Two Halves That Were More Than a Whole by Leigh Witchel The American Dance Odyssey, the fourth collaboration between the New World Symphony and Miami City Ballet, was…
The Ballet of Dorian Gray by Leigh Witchel Is a ballet process or product? That may depend on if you’re in the studio or the…
Familiar Swan, New Siegfried by Karen Backstein For the first week of their annual summer season at Metropolitan Opera House, American Ballet Theatre returned…
