James Sewell Ballet’s performance of “Pointed Humor” at St. Paul’s O’Shaughnessy last weekend highlighted the dancers’ buoyant physicality in three new works, and one repertory piece. Choreographer ...
This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Months ago, when Atlanta Ballet’s Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin programmed the company’s mixed bill “Significant Others,” he could not have ...
Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre often performs outdoors, but doing so means there’s weather to contend with. Sunday evening’s storms, for instance. So the company’s free concert at Atlanta Botanical ...
Why is Connecticut Ballet bringing back its Léo Delibes’ “Coppélia”? Because we could all use a laugh. A beautiful, romantic, exquisitely choreographed ballet dancing laugh. The show played the ...
Amy Sherman-Palladino’s new series, created with her husband, takes ballet somewhere it doesn’t usually go: the world of comedy. By Gia Kourlas Like the art of ballet, “Étoile,” a television show ...
But what’s new is the comedic tone. The last time the Palladinos tackled ballet, they made Bunheads, an earnest, quirky smalltown show about the power of dance inspiring multiple generations. This ...
Magic is afoot at the Marcus Performing Arts Center this weekend, thanks to the Milwaukee Ballet’s delightful production of “Peter Pan.” Some of that magic is contained in the fictional story of Peter ...
For the last three decades, the Sarasota Ballet has labored to revive and popularize works by the Royal Ballet choreographer Frederick Ashton (1904–88), who developed and refined English-style ...
For some, the Cinderella ballet is a celebration of Prokofiev's poetic score -- one always played live for the Richmond Ballet by the Richmond Symphony (Tchaikovsky's score for "The Nutcracker" being ...