I wondered about the casting of Sarah Lane as Kitri in American Ballet Theatre’s Don Quixote. She is not the tech whiz dancer that is customary for a successful Kitri, with all of the difficult tricks in the role. However, Sarah …
Month: June 2018

Daniil Simkin in ABT Don Quixote: Tricks, Tricks, and More Tricks
Daniil Simkin’s aerial circus came to town Thursday in American Ballet Theatre’s Don Quixote. The Petipa ballet has a paper-thin plot, so the ballet demands a high level of individual achievement to make it worthwhile. Fortunately, it was tricks, tricks, and more …

Joshua Beamish on Premier of Edgar Allan Poe Work at the Joyce
Above photo courtesy of MOVETHECOMPANY. MOVETHECOMPANY, led by Joshua Beamish, will perform at the Joyce Theater Thursday and Friday. The company will premier his full-length work The Masque of the Red Death, inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story. “The work explores …

ABT Swan Lake: Strong Odette/Odile Performances Highlight Week
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 …