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Review: NEW YORK CITY BALLET: MIXED BILL, Sadler's Wells
by Vikki Jane Vile - March 09, 2024

New York City Ballet are at Sadler’s Wells for the very first time, and returning to London for the first time since 2008 in a rare event for dance fans in the capital. Now under the direction of Jonathan Stafford, they arrive with a diverse quadruple bill, presumably designed to offer something for...

Review: SWAN LAKE, Royal Opera House
by Vikki Jane Vile - March 08, 2024

If you came for anything other than wall-to-wall superlatives for the Royal Ballet’s A-team and Liam Scarlett’s superior production of Swan Lake then you’ll be disappointed with this review, because yet again, for the fourth time in six years, ballet heaven is delivered with a side of perfection. It...

Review: BALLET NATIONAL DE MARSEILLE: ROOMMATES, Queen Elizabeth Hall
by Franco Milazzo - March 02, 2024

With an eclectic programme including an immersive dreamscape, an intense two-hander and a revolutionary footstomper, the Ballet national de Marseille present a six-pack of impressive dance pieces....

Review: HOW TO BUILD A UNIVERSE - EXTENDED PLAY (JAMAAL BURKMAR), The Place
by Matthew Paluch - March 04, 2024

From the outset, the word/concept heavy narration often doesn't relate to the disjointed movement being executed, so disconnection feels apparent...

Review: GISELLE at The Academy Of Music
by Scott Serio - March 01, 2024

Philadelphia Ballet's GISELLE at The Academy Of Music in Center City...

Review: SWAN LAKE at San Francisco Ballet
by Jim Munson - February 29, 2024

What did our critic think of SWAN LAKE at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the smashing production of the all-time classic running through March 3rd at San Francisco's War Memorial Opera House....

Review: Sankofa Danzafro in BEHIND THE SOUTH: DANCES FOR MANUEL at The Joyce Theater Captivates
by Marina Kennedy - February 29, 2024

The Joyce Theater Foundation is now presenting Colombia’s Sankofa Danzafro in the U.S. premiere of Behind the South: Dances for Manuel. The enthralling work effectively utilizes the art of dance to preserve and highlight the history and culture of the Afro-Colombian people....

Review: INK - DIMITRIS PAPAIOANNOU, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - February 29, 2024

In the 2024 UK premiere of his 2020 work, INK, we see Papaioannou himself and Šuka Horn perform a “nightmarish manhunt…testing the limits of reality.”...

Review: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: SWAN LAKE at Kennedy Center
by Michela Dwyer - February 24, 2024

What did our critic think of AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: SWAN LAKE at Kennedy Center?...

Review: THE WASHINGTON BALLET: JAZZ ICONS - A FINE ROMANCE at Kennedy Center
by Roger Catlin - February 19, 2024

The dance school choices for students, I recall, were ballet and jazz tap. Ne’er the twain shall meet, as Kipling said of the east and west. ...

Review: TWYLA THARP Dance Sizzles with A Triumphant Program at The Joyce
by Christina Pandolfi - February 16, 2024

Call it habit, anticipation, excitement. But on the night of February 13th, I arrived to The Joyce early because only Twyla Tharp can bring out the singular energy that was in the room. The air was crackling with enthusiasm, as audience goers bubbled and gushed about the evening ahead....

Review: NELKEN - TANZTHEATER WUPPERTAL PINA + BAUSCH TERRAIN BORIS CHARMATZ, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - February 15, 2024

Some people only need one name: Cher, Madonna etc. In dance we have Pina - as in Bausch, the revered German dancer, choreographer and Director of Tanztheater Wuppertal until her death in 2009. ...

Review: DARK WITH EXCESSIVE BRIGHT, Royal Opera House
by Franco Milazzo - February 13, 2024

Appearing as part of their Festival of New Choreography, the Royal Ballet have partnered with the National Ballet of Canada for Dark With Excessive Bright, an extraordinarily intimate experiment which allows audience to experience the art form in a radical way....

Review: ALVIN AILEY - PROGRAM B at Opera House at The Kennedy Center
by Emily Berger - February 11, 2024

Thursday’s Ailey performance of Program B featured Century, a new work by Amy Hall Garner, her first for the company, 2019’s Ode by former company member Jamar Roberts, and Mr. Ailey’s juggernaut Revelations. ...

Review: SÃO PAULO DANCE COMPANY, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - February 12, 2024

Considering the São Paulo Dance Company was founded in 2008, it’s taken them 16 years to perform in the UK! But the wait is over. ...

Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts - Program A
by Emily Berger - February 08, 2024

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual run at The Kennedy Center is consistently a highlight of the winter season, and this year is no exception. This year the company brings three programs to D.C., all including Mr. Ailey’s 1960 classic Revelations, representing the best of recent revivals and...

Review: EMPOWER IN MOTION: A BALLET INCLUSIVE, Sadler's Wells
by Matthew Paluch - February 08, 2024

The entire evening was a poignant reminder of the power of dance. How it feels to do, and to watch, with all the work exuding expression, joy and freedom, which shouldn't be underestimated ...

Review: The National Ballet of Canada's EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS' ATLAS at the National Arts Centre
by Courtney Castelino - February 02, 2024

What did our critic think of EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS’ ATLAS at National Arts Centre?...

Review: TESS, Peacock Theatre
by Franco Milazzo - February 02, 2024

Filled with a couple of operas’ worth of tragedy, Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles is not the likeliest source of inspiration for a dramatic circus show but Ockham's Razor are here to prove us wrong. ...

Review: MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet
by Jim Munson - January 30, 2024

What did our critic think of MERE MORTALS at San Francisco Ballet? BroadwayWorld reviews the world premiere of 'Mere Mortals' at San Francisco Ballet, a wildly ambitious collaboration between much in-demand choreographer Aszure Barton and composer Sam Shepherd....

Review: WORKS & PROCESS UNDERGROUND UPTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Peter B. Lewis Theater At The Guggenheim Museum
by Miranda Stuck - January 23, 2024

What did our critic think of THE GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: WORKS & PROCESS UNDERGROUND UPTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL at Peter B. Lewis Theater At The Guggenheim Museum?...

Review: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE at The Joyce Theater Through 2/21
by Marina Kennedy - January 18, 2024

Strong, somber notes from a piano fill the The Joyce Theater as the curtain rises on the annual home season of Brooklyn-based fusion dance company, EVIDENCE. Four spotlights light up each corner of the stage, illuminating the evening’s most heavily featured dancers, Demetrius Burns, Joyce Edwards, G...

Review: GISELLE, London Coliseum
by Vikki Jane Vile - January 13, 2024

Fresh from no fewer than 40 performances of Wayne Eagling’s Nutcracker (a production which now seems to thankfully be going into retirement) English National Ballet, are back less than a week later to round off their Coliseum season, this time it’s Mary Skeaping’s Giselle which they last performed s...

Review: Alvin Ailey Wants You to Feel Something Again
by Lora Strum - December 26, 2023

What did our critic think of ALVIN AILEY WANTS YOU TO FEEL SOMETHING AGAIN at New York City Center?...

Review: MOMIX At The Joyce Theater Is A Spectacular Must-See Dance Event
by Marina Kennedy - December 22, 2023

New Yorkers and guests of the city are fortunate to have the opportunity to see MOMIX at The Joyce Theater through January 7th. ...