Last year the American Ballet Theatre women had problems in the more technical parts of the Odette/Odile role in Swan Lake, particularly in the fouetté section of the Grand Pas de Deux. Not so in the three ABT Swan Lake performances …
Christine Shevchenko Wows in Swan Lake ABT Debut
Christine Shevchenko’s American Ballet Theatre Odette/Odile debut (correction: this was Christine’s second Odette/Odile. She debuted in the role in March in Singapore) Wednesday afternoon was stunning, danced with great maturity, confidence, and authority. If this was her debut performance, I …
Romeo and Juliet: ABT at its Best
Isabella Boylston and David Hallberg danced with great passion and vigor in a wonderful American Ballet Theatre Romeo and Juliet performance Saturday evening. The pair was imbued with giddy love, displayed with great joy and affection. In the beginning, Isabella captured the …
Stella Abrera Juliet Met Debut
I posted curtain call photos of Stella Abrera’s Juliet Met debut Thursday in Romeo and Juliet on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com. It was a dramatic performance with Stella showing her dramatic range, from a young, playful, immature little girl who …
Elisabeth Beyer on Moscow and YAGP Ballet Competitions
Ellison Ballet student Elisabeth Beyer has had a great year in ballet competitions. As a 15-year old, she took 1st place at the prestigious International Ballet Competition and Contest of Choreographers (better known as the Moscow International Ballet Competition) in …
Ballet Academy East Spring Performance Highlights
Above photo: Isabel Borges and Cameron Catazaro Hayward, From A to M choreographed by Alan Hineline. I caught the dress rehearsal for Ballet Academy East’s Spring Performance a few weeks ago at the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse and posted …
Rioult’s “Written for Dance” Pays Tribute to Musical Composition
Photo by Eric Bandiero. Review by Jocelyn Delifer. RIOULT Dance NY presented Written for Dance at the Joyce Theater last week. The program featured three dances, including the world premiere of Nostalghia. Starting with Dream Suite, a piece first performed in 2014, Rioult …