Photo: Stephanie Ray Williams and Da’Von Doane, Dialogues, April 2017. Lincoln Center Out of Doors will feature Dance Theatre of Harlem Saturday at 7:30 pm at the Damrosch Park Bandshell next to the Metropolitan Opera House. I’ve always enjoyed DTH …
Fall Season Tickets: ABT, NYCB, Balanchine City Center
Above photo; Marcelo Gomes, Cory Stearns, Herman Cornejo, Fancy Free, October 25, 2014. There is much going on in the New York City ballet scene this fall with interesting works from American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and a …
ABT Met Season Wrap-Up: Help Wanted-Male Stars
American Ballet Theatre has a big problem. To fill the cavernous, nearly 4,000 seat Metropolitan Opera House, the company needs stars. But with an aging group of male Principal Dancers with little depth in the Soloist ranks, putting together …
Review: Masque of the Red Death
Review by Jocelyn Delifer. MOVETHECOMPANY, led by Joshua Beamish, premiered his full-length work The Masque of the Red Death, inspired by the Edgar Allan Poe short story at the Joyce Theater last Thursday and Friday. Beamish carries the audience into a …
Sarah Lane Sizzles in Don Quixote Debut
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 …
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 …