Alonso King LINES Ballet is an interesting small company, consisting of only 13 dancers focusing on contemporary ballet works. LINES performed at Jacob’s Pillow Saturday evening and the high level of technique and dramatic expressiveness of the dancers was impressive. This …
An American in Paris Review
ABT’s Met season finished earlier in July and NYCB doesen’t start its Fall Season until September 22. WIth the void in dance offerings, I checked out Christopher Wheeldon’s An American in Paris on Saturday evening. The work is thin on plot …
ABT Fall Season Announced
ABT announced its Fall schedule from October 21-November at Koch Theatre Linclon Center, according to BroadwayWorld.com. Highlights include the premier of a new work by Mark Morris, company premiers of Frederick Ashton’s Monotones I and II, Balanchine’s Valse-Fantaisie and AfterEffect by …
ABT 2015 Spring Season Wrap-up
With departures of long-time favorites Paloma Herrera, Julie Kent, and Xiomara Reyes coupled with injuries to Polina Semionova and David Hallberg, the Spring Season at the Met was a patchwork for ABT in which the company relied on a limited number …
ABT Cinderella Review, July 2
What a great ABT debut from Marianela Nuñez in Cinderella Thursday. The Royal Ballet Principal Dancer performed with the company at Koch Theatre last week and stayed in New York for two ABT Cinderella performances, the next on Saturday evening …
ABT Cinderella, July 2
I posted curtain call photos on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.comof ABT’s Cinderella Thursday with Marianela Nuñez and James Whiteside. Very good performance overall. Look for my review tomorrow.