Dance Theater Reviews

Review: DANA TAI SOON BURGESS DANCE COMPANY at Kennedy Center's Family Theater
by Emily Berger - April 21, 2024

This new work featured three episodes in Asian American history....

Review: DANCE ON ENSEMBLE, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - April 18, 2024

“When are we old? How can experience and embodied knowledge be brought into creative play? And what is the role of dance in questioning the idealisation of youth in our culture?” ...

Review: GISELLE: REMIX, Pleasance Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - April 15, 2024

Created by cabaret artist Jack Sears and Royal Ballet soloist Hannah Grennell, Giselle:Remix fuses dance and lip sync....

Review: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet's Presentation of SNOW WHITE at the National Arts Centre
by Courtney Castelino - April 14, 2024

What did our critic think of SNOW WHITE at National Arts Centre?...

Review: SPRING DOUBLE BILL at Toronto Dance Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - April 14, 2024

Toronto Dance Theatre’s Spring Double Bill, highlighting East Asian choreographers of different dance backgrounds, is as welcome as a spring bloom. The two trios run the gamut from serious to irreverent, but both highlight dance as a way to connect, whether between the present and past self, or betw...

Review: THE POWER (OF) THE FRAGILE - MOHAMED TOUKABRI, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - April 12, 2024

The Elixir Festival returns to Sadler’s Wells with the same, integral mission: “rethinking perceptions around dance and age.”...

Review: Fifty Years Since its Founding, Ailey II Takes the Spotlight
by Lora Strum - April 11, 2024

What did our critic think of FIFTY YEARS SINCE ITS FOUNDING, AILEY II FINDS ITS SPOTLIGHT at The Joyce Theatre?...

Review: INTERNATIONAL DRAFT WORKS, Royal Opera House
by Matthew Paluch - April 11, 2024

The evening includes ten works and the premise is an important, and pressing one: where is ballet (as we know it) going…? ...

Review: DOS MUJERES at San Francisco Ballet
by Jim Munson - April 07, 2024

What did our critic think of DOS MUJERES at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews this pairing of two very different ballets by Latina choreographers running through April 14th at the War Memorial Opera House....

Review: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO TO THE KENNEDY CENTER at Kennedy Center Opera House
by Emily Berger - April 06, 2024

Thursday’s return of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo to the Kennedy Center brought a full house and lots of laughs to the DMV....

Review: THE VELVETEEN RABBIT, Sadler's Wells
by Louise Penn - April 08, 2024

The Velveteen Rabbit is a story which needs little introduction, and which retains wide appeal. This retelling by Ben Crompton for balletLORENT pops with life as a man reacquaints himself with childhood toys, notably a beloved rabbit. Aimed at a family audience, this is a delightful way to while awa...

Review: MAX ROACH 100 at The Joyce Theater for Extraordinary Music and Dance  
by Marina Kennedy - April 05, 2024

Weekend plans?  We have a suggestion that our readers will thoroughly enjoy.  Max Roach 100, a centennial celebration of the gifted artist, is being performed at The Joyce Theater through Sunday, 4/7....

Review: TRISHA BROWN DANCE at The Joyce Theater
by Miranda Stück - April 03, 2024

The ultimate pioneer of post-modern dance, Trisha Brown, is known for her abandonment of classic shapes, twisted choreographic pathways, and the constant contrast of freedom and bondage in dance. Following the choreographer’s death in 2017, Trisha Brown Dance Company continues her legacy through cla...

Review: THE WHITE FEATHER, A PERSIAN BALLET at Kennedy Center
by Michela Dwyer - April 02, 2024

What did our critic think of THE WHITE FEATHER, A PERSIAN BALLET at Kennedy Center?...

Review: AMERICAN REPERTORY BALLET's ELEVATE Sparkles at Kaye Playhouse
by Christina Pandolfi - April 02, 2024

What did our critic think of ELEVATE at Kaye Playhouse? For the better part of a century, American Repertory Ballet (ARB) has been the preeminent ballet company of New Jersey. And on March 30th, the company was able to both celebrate this milestone, but also showcase their growing talents as an orga...

Review: ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET - CARMEN, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - March 28, 2024

Inger's Carmen is successful in two key ways: firstly it tells the existing narrative of Carmen incredibly clearly, secondly it actually does so with “new resonance' - who'd have thunk it. ...

Review: CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS, Royal Opera House
by Matthew Paluch - March 22, 2024

Original programming continues at the Royal Opera House, Linbury Theatre with the ever original Yorke Dance Project...

Review: DANSES CONCERTANTES/DIFFERENT DRUMMER/REQUIEM, Royal Opera House
by Matthew Paluch - March 21, 2024

The entire evening confirms MacMillan’s scope as a choreographer, but we knew that already right? ...

Review: ILLINOISE is Storytelling at its Very Finest
by Lora Strum - March 20, 2024

What did our critic think of Illinoise at Park Avenue Armory? Illinoise is, at its core, a story about stories, both the ones we tell ourselves and the ones we’re brave enough to share with others. ...

Review: ASSEMBLY HALL, Sadler's Wells
by Kat Mokrynski - March 22, 2024

Assembly Hall takes place in, as you might have guessed, an assembly hall, where a group of medieval reenactors are coming together for what may be the final meeting of the General Assembly of the Benevolent and Protective Order. However, everything is not as it seems . . ....

Review: UNIVERSE: A DARK CRYSTAL ODYSSEY, Sadler's Wells
by Franco Milazzo - March 19, 2024

Getting to grips with what a mute medium like dance is trying to convey is never easy even when there is a recognisable concept like Jim Henson’s The Dark Crystal....

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet
by Jim Munson - March 14, 2024

What did our critic think of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the delightful production running through March 23rd at the War Memorial Opera House....

Review: AUTOBIOGRAPHY (V95 AND V96) - COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - March 13, 2024

Wayne McGregor has been working with digital intelligence in relation to creativity since 2017, and why not? This is the digital age after all. Who needs humans?!...

Review: AIROTIC SOIREE at HK Hall
by Daniel Nolen - March 11, 2024

The magnificence of the human physique is on full breathtaking display at AirOtic Soirée, an acrobatic burlesque spectacular now running at HK Hall in New York City. Performed by a lineup of four highly trained dancers in peak physical condition, this dazzling, sensual cabaret-style circus act does ...

Review: FLAMENCO FESTIVAL at NY City Center is A Stunning Display of Dance
by Marina Kennedy - March 11, 2024

As part of their 80th Season, New York City Center is presenting the exciting Flamenco Festival through Sunday, March 17....