The Santiago Calatrava-designed World Trade Center Transportation Center opened a few weeks ago. The Oculus is a massive, white ribcage structure that is the main hall of the transit hub with connections to PATH trains. Amy Plitt summarizes reviews from architectural …
Silicon Valley Ballet to Close
Bad news as Silicon Valley Ballet, formerly Ballet San Jose, will shut down, according to the Contra Costa Times. When the company hired José Manuel Carreño, a star in the dance world, as its artistic director in late 2013, hopes …
Julie Kent New Washington Ballet Artistic Director
Julie Kent, who retired from ABT last season, was appointed as Washington Ballet’s new Artistic Director. Her husband, Victor Barbee will become the company’s Associate Artistic Director. He has served as ABT’s Associate Artistic Director since 2003. Kent grew up …
NYCB at Kennedy Center
New York City Ballet (NYCB) performs at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. through Sunday with two programs: Ash/After the Rain Pas de Deux/The Infernal Machine/Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2/The Most Incredible Thing and Bournonville Divertissements/La Sylphide. Here are several reviews: Sarah Kaufman …
Mariinsky at BAM, 2/25-2/27
Mariinsky Ballet’s Tribute to Maya Plisetskaya-the Bolshoi prima ballerina assoluta who died in 2015-presented in four programs at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Thursday through Sunday had a strange mix of repertory without cohesion, often having the feel of a gala put …
Mariinsky at BAM
I posted several curtain call photos of Thursday’s Mariinsky Ballet performance at BAM on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com. Diana Vishneva and Uliana Lopatkina were the featured dancers. Mariinsky will perform at BAM until Sunday. Look for my reviews this weekend.