After ABT’s Australia tour from August 28 to September 7, ABT Soloist Stella Abrera visited her native Philippines with a dual purpose: perform Giselle with Ballet Philippines and help schoolchildren in Guiuan, a city devastated by Super Typhoon Haiyan last …
ABT Review, Nov. 1
I saw the premier of Raymonda Divertissements last week and was not impressed by the work, finding it unfocused and disjointed. However, I came away with a more positive view of the work Saturday evening with leads Paloma Herrera and Cory …
ABT Review, Oct. 30
Twyla Tharp’s Bach Partita was one of my favorites last year. ABT debuted the piece in 1983; the work had a long dry spell from 1985 to 2013, with ABT reviving it in the fall season last year. The piece is …
ABT Review, Oct. 25
Saturday evening’s programming consisted of ABT classics Jardin Aux Lilas (Lilac Garden), Fancy Free, and Sinfonietta. The casts for Jardin Aux Lilas and Fancy Free were the same as Thursday that I previously reviewed. Herman Cornejo, Marcelo Gomes, and Cory Stearns …
ABT Review, Oct. 24
My favorite ballet music scores are Aaron Copland’s Rodeo, Georges Bizet’s Symphony in C, Stravinsky’s Firebird, and Leoš Janáček’s Sinfonietta. Because of my love of the music, I was thrilled at the news that ABT would revive Jiří Kylián’s ballet …
ABT Review, Oct. 23
ABT’s fall season began Wednesday at Koch Theater at Lincoln Center with all mixed rep programing. The Thursday performance consisted of two classics, Antony Tudor’s Jardin Aux Lilas (Lilac Garden, 1936) and Jerome Robbins’ Fancy Free (1944), and the world …