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 …
Stella Abrera Juliet Met Debut
I posted curtain call photos of Stella Abrera’s Juliet Met debut Thursday in Romeo and Juliet on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com. It was a dramatic performance with Stella showing her dramatic range, from a young, playful, immature little girl who …
Elisabeth Beyer on Moscow and YAGP Ballet Competitions
Ellison Ballet student Elisabeth Beyer has had a great year in ballet competitions. As a 15-year old, she took 1st place at the prestigious International Ballet Competition and Contest of Choreographers (better known as the Moscow International Ballet Competition) in …