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Review: Fall for Dance Festival Falls Flat
by Lora Strum - October 08, 2023

'The New York City Center's Festival, known for its diverse programming, offered audiences a selection of works that were artful, if not a little boring.'...

Review: CHANGE TEMPO, DANCE UMBRELLA, The Place
by Matthew Paluch - October 09, 2023

Dance Umbrella present their international double-bill Change Tempo with SU PinWen and Alexandre Fandard. ...

Review: MÁM, MICHAEL KEEGAN-DOLAN, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - October 06, 2023

A mega night at the theatre....

Review: DON QUIXOTE, Royal Opera House
by Gary Naylor - October 02, 2023

Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov sizzle in a crowdpleasing revival of the Royal Ballet's 2013 production...

Review: MULAN at Opera House/Kennedy Center
by Mary Lincer - September 30, 2023

What did our critic think of MULAN at Opera House/Kennedy Center?...

Review: FALL FOR DANCE at New York City Center Thrills-Now Through October 8th
by Marina Kennedy - September 29, 2023

The marvelous dance event of the season, “Fall for Dance” is now happening at New York City Center and audiences love it!...

Review: CAN THIS PLACE BE A TEMPLE? AKSHAY SHARMA, The Place
by Matthew Paluch - October 04, 2023

Everyone loves a thinker, and Akshay Sharma definitely seems to be one. He presented his rigorous, 2023 solo Can This Place be a Temple? at The Place 3 October for one night only....

Review: THE YELLOW WALLPAPER, The Coronet Theatre
by Matthew Paluch - September 27, 2023

Stephanie Mohr’s new production of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s feminist novella The Yellow Wallpaper is described as a “genre-defying production blending theatre, dance, live video and sound” - no pressure then! ...

Review: EMILYN CLAID, UNTITLED, The Place
by Matthew Paluch - September 24, 2023

Claid herself is many things: “choreographer, writer, director and teacher” - and so is the nature of the piece....

Review: RHYTHM OF HUMAN, Coronet Theatre
by Matthew Paluch - September 14, 2023

Ambiguous present the UK premiere of Rhythm of Human, choreographed by Kim at The Coronet Theatre. The work looks at the present day Korean man wrestling with societal expectations, and the Ambiguous blurb proposes “undefinable” content in order to communicate the narrative agenda through Kim's 'dis...

Review: THE REVENGE OF POPPERFACE, The Place
by Matthew Paluch - September 10, 2023

The Revenge of Popperface by Gareth Chambers invites the audience to muse over 'an experimental exploration of masculinity' through the occult and opera no less....

Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: CONTEMPORARY VOICES, Sadler's Wells
by Louise Penn - September 06, 2023

As the most widely seen modern dance work in the world, Alvin Ailey's Revelations has become part of the DNA of contemporary and popular dance, and it is a privilege to finally experience it on a live stage, alongside its more modern yet complementary 21st century cousins from Kyle Abraham and Rober...

Review: San Francisco Ballet's STARRY NIGHTS at Stanford Live Offered Up a Sumptuous Summer Evening of Dance
by Jim Munson - August 09, 2023

What did our critic think of San Francisco Ballet's STARRY NIGHTS at Stanford Live? BroadwayWorld reviews San Francisco Ballet's sumptuous summer program....

Review: MATTHEW BOURNE'S ROMEO & JULIET, Sadler's Wells
by Franco Milazzo - August 07, 2023

In Matthew Bourne’s dystopian take on the classic love story, there are leaps aplenty - and not just in the physical sense....

Review: THE AUSTRALIAN BALLET: 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, Royal Opera House
by Matthew Paluch - August 07, 2023

All good things come to an end, and to signify the culmination of their week-long residency at the Royal Opera House, The Australian Ballet offered a suitably wonderful Celebration Gala acknowledging their 60th anniversary....

Review: JEWELS, Royal Opera House
by Matthew Paluch - August 03, 2023

London welcomes The Australian Ballet to the Royal Opera House after 35 years, to celebrate their 60th anniversary, with six performances in total....

Review: CARLOS AT 50, Royal Opera House
by Matthew Paluch - July 27, 2023

How do mere mortals celebrate their 50th birthday? By having a midlife crisis? Not dance royalty Carlos Acosta, who seems to literally turn back time by making a return to the stage as a dancer - having retired from performing in 2016 - in Carlos at 50 at the Royal Opera House (with five, basically ...

Review: ONE DANCE at Lincoln Center-A Stunning Visual Display of Korean Dance
by Marina Kennedy - July 21, 2023

SK Group, the second-largest conglomerate in South Korea, is now presenting the Sejong Center’s exceptional display of dance with their program, One Dance during Korean Arts Week. ...

Review: FLAMENCO FESTIVAL: LA LEONA, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - July 12, 2023

Sadler’s Wells' Flamenco Festival really is a festival. As in the programme includes a wide range of approaches and possibilities when dealing with the genre. It makes the relevance of flamenco in 2023 something to ponder - as there's clearly an interest, and different generations of creatives very ...

Review: SW!NG OUT at The Joyce Theater through July 2-The Dance Highlight of the Summer
by Marina Kennedy - June 23, 2023

'SW!NG OUT' is now at The Joyce Theater through July 2 and wow, just wow! The beloved genre of Lindy Hop, the pre-eminent form of swing-Jazz, partnered dance is being presented at its very best with choreography and improvisation by Director, Caleb Teicher and the Braintrust in collaboration with ul...

Review: CHERYLYN LAVAGNINO DANCE EXPLORES THE FRAGILITY OF EXISTENCE IN NEW PROGRAM at The Jack Crystal Theater
by Christina Pandolfi - June 19, 2023

What did our critic think of CHERYLYN LAVAGNINO DANCE EXPLORES THE FRAGILITY OF EXISTENCE IN NEW PROGRAM at The Jack Crystal Theater?...

Review: CINDERELLA, Royal Albert Hall
by Vikki Jane Vile - June 17, 2023

It’s exactly four years since English National Ballet brought Christopher Wheeldon’s Cinderella to the Royal Albert Hall. It sat happily in my memory, from 2019, as a visual spectacle; the opulent ball scene, those slapstick sisters and Julian Crouch’s fantastical designs. Now it returns, these elem...

Review: UNTITLED, 2023/CORYBANTIC GAMES/ANASTASIA ACT III, Royal Opera House
by Vikki Jane Vile - June 11, 2023

Perhaps it’s already clear, but this is a rather subdued triple bill to bring the 22/23 season to a close. Earnest in tone and at times devastating in appeal. ...

Review: NEW YORK BALLET: VISIONARY VOICES at the Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - June 09, 2023

Read BroadwayWorld's review for NEW YORK BALLET: VISIONARY VOICES at the Kennedy Center....

Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET PROGRAM A at Kennedy Center
by David Friscic - June 09, 2023

Growing up with the New York City Ballet (NYCB)nearby during my high school and college years (as they had their summer residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs), I was thrilled to turn around many years later to see the Kennedy Center present an evening of some of the Ne...