Dvorovenko Moves On
Irina Dvorovenko as Polyhymnia in George Balanchine’s Apollo Photo: Marty Sohl On May 18, Irina Dvorovenko gave her final performance with American Ballet Theatre as Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin....
View ArticleKeeping Count
In Creases does well enough as a title for Justin Peck’s latest work for the New York City Ballet because you understand the reference to arithmetic in the punning title. And Peck—on whom the company...
View ArticleYouth in Bloom
To call the School of American Ballet “selective” is an amusing understatement. It’s the training ground in the U.S. for potential professional classical dancers (who must, of course, begin on the...
View ArticleOnward
Wendy Whelan knows how to make her “sunset years,” so to speak, work well as a much-admired principal dancer—a veteran of over a quarter-century with the New York City Ballet. With this company,...
View ArticleA Cheated Flight
New York City Ballet / David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC / September 17 – October 13, 2013 The New York City Ballet opened its fall season at the David H. Koch Theater with a week of Swan...
View ArticleGlimpses #13: Sara Mearns Away from Home
Sara Mearns, studio portrait Sara Mearns, the object of fervid admiration as a principal with the New York City Ballet, is paying a visit to Fall for Dance. This annual event, which showcases bits of...
View ArticleEnterprises that Require New Clothes
New York City Ballet / David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, NYC / September 17 – October 13, 2013 On September 19, with considerable fanfare in the media, the New York City Ballet gave its Fall gala....
View ArticleSomething Old, Something New
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty: A Gothic Romance / New York City Center / October 23 – November 3, 2013 Matthew Bourne, who has changed classical ballet into sheer—often outrageous, often...
View ArticleTobi Tobias Has Passed Away
We are sad to report that Tobi has passed away on February 13, 2020. More later.
View ArticleRemembering Tobi Tobias
Deborah Jowitt has written an appreciation of Tobi on her DanceBeat blog: “Like many dance writers, she came into prominence when the field began to flourish, not long after President Lyndon Johnson...
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