Balletfocus 2014 highlights: Polina Semionova, ABT Don Quixote, June 17 Polina Semionova was stunning as Kitri in ABT’s Don Quixote on May 17. If there is a better Kitri in the world today, I would like to see it. …
Category: ABT
ABT Nutcracker at BAM
Sad to see that this is ABT’s last season of Nutcracker at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Beginning December 2015, ABT will perform at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. When ABT announced the new Alexei …
ABT Dancers in The Nutcracker
Anne Haskins of LA Weekly has a great summary of the many Los Angeles Nutcrackers on tap this season. Former ABT Principal Dancers Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky will guest as the Sugerplum Fairy and her Cavalier in the Festival …
Stella Abrera Helping Philippines in Typhoon Recovery
After ABT’s Australia tour from August 28 to September 7, ABT Soloist Stella Abrera visited her native Philippines with a dual purpose: perform Giselle with Ballet Philippines and help schoolchildren in Guiuan, a city devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan last …
ABT Review, Nov. 1
I saw the premier of Raymonda Divertissements last week and was not impressed by the work, finding it unfocused and disjointed. However, I came away with a more positive view of the work Saturday evening with leads Paloma Herrera and Cory …
ABT Review, Oct. 30
Twyla Tharp’s Bach Partita was one of my favorites last year. ABT debuted the piece in 1983; the work had a long dry spell from 1985 to 2013, with ABT reviving it in the fall season last year. The piece is …