New York has a number of great ballet schools and it’s always exciting to attend their performances, wondering which dancers will make it to the ballet major leagues. One such school is Ballet Academy East (BAE) founded by Julia Dubno …
Ballet Academy East Performs Feb 18-22
Ballet Academy East (BAE) Student Company will perform Thursday through Saturday at the Ailey CitiGroup Theater with an innovative repertory. While most ballet school performances stick to standard classics, BAE will present four new works created specifically for the school. …
NYCB: Not So Incredible
“The Most Incredible Thing”
Justin Peck’s first full-length NYCB effort The Most Incredible Thing features numerous divertissements, colorful costumes, and innovative sets, but falls substantially short in the story telling department. The Hans Christian Andersen tale centers around a contest to do the most incredible …
Balanchine Basics
NYCB Jan 30, Feb 5
I took my 11-year old daughter to her first New York City Ballet performance Saturday evening January 30 to see the classical mixed rep program All Balanchine II. Before the performance, she inquired, “Why is Balanchine a big deal?” Having …
ABT at Kennedy Center
ABT performed Alexei Ratmansky’s The Sleeping Beauty at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. last week. Here are two reviews: Lisa Traiger, DC Metro Theater Arts: Alexei Ratmansky’s newest staging of the great classical ballet The Sleeping Beauty feels like …
NYCB Review: Music Director’s Choice, Jan. 28
NYCB’s theme Thursday was Music Director’s Choice, curated by newly appointed Music Director Andrew Litton. The evening honored three American composers whose works had a major impact on his career: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, and George Gershwin. Broadway sounds dominated …