Congratulations to Sascha Radetsky, who received a fellowship at the Center for Ballet and the Arts (CBA) at NYU. The center is the first international institute devoted to the creation and study of ballet. At CBA, Sascha will work on a novel …
Month: July 2015
National Dance Institute on PBS
PBS News Hour had an interesting segment earlier in the week on Jacques d’Amboise’s National Dance Institure. d’Amboise founded NDI in 1976, which works with New York City school children through weekly classes, short-term residencies, and public performances. NDI currently partners …
Alonzo King LINES Ballet at Jacob’s Pillow, 7-18
Alonso King LINES Ballet is an interesting small company, consisting of only 13 dancers focusing on contemporary ballet works. LINES performed at Jacob’s Pillow Saturday evening and the high level of technique and dramatic expressiveness of the dancers was impressive. This …
An American in Paris Review
ABT’s Met season finished earlier in July and NYCB doesen’t start its Fall Season until September 22. WIth the void in dance offerings, I checked out Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris on Saturday evening. The work is thin on plot …
ABT Fall Season Announced
ABT announced its Fall schedule from October 21-November at Koch Theatre Linclon Center, according to BroadwayWorld.com. Highlights include the premier of a new work by Mark Morris, company premiers of Frederick Ashton’s Monotones I and II, Balanchine’s Valse-Fantaisie and AfterEffect by …
ABT 2015 Spring Season Wrap-up
With departures of long-time favorites Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent, and Xiomara Reyes coupled with injuries to Polina Semionova and David Hallberg, the Spring Season at the Met was a patchwork for ABT in which the company relied on a limited number …