Gelsey Kirkland Ballet starts its Nutcracker run Thursday at the GK ArtsCenter in DUMBO, Brooklyn (29 Jay Street). Performances go through Sunday this week, with a similar schedule next week. Gelsey Kirkland Ballet excels in the Nutcracker and I actually like the Kirkland …
Category: Other Ballet Companies
Nederlands Dans Theater
at City Center Review
Above photo of The Statement: Rahi Rezvani courtesy of NDT My colleague Jocelyn Delifer wrote this review of Nederlands Dans Theater at City Center. Jocelyn works in New York as a financial analyst and cultivates balance between his day job and ballet …
David Hallberg Returns;
Ballet Tattoos;
Amar Ramasar Profile
David Hallberg Returns David Hallberg will return to the stage after a more than two-year absence due to a foot injury according to The New York Times. David will dance the lead role of Franz in Australian Ballet’s Coppélia December 13, 16, …
Ballet DVD, Cinema, Streaming
The Good: Bolshoi, Royal Ballet
The Bad: ABT, NYCB
I saw my dance teacher from Topeka, Kansas recently as her daughter was in New York for ABT’s teacher accreditation program. I danced in her company, Ballet Midwest, in the early 1980s and, although I did not pursue dance as a vocation, I …
The Winter’s Tale Review, 7-28
Shakespeare’s The WInter’s Tale has a complicated plot filled with twists as it switches back and forth from tragedy to lighter moments. Reading the program notes before the National Ballet of Canada performance at Koch Theater Thursday, I was skeptical …
The Winter’s Tale Photos, 7-28
I posted curtain call photos on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com of The National Ballet of Canada’s The Winter’s Tale at Lincoln Center Thursday. This is a great storytelling production of Shakespeare’s work, choreographed by Christoper Wheeldon. Wonderful sets and costumes by …