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Bournonville’s ‘La Sylphide’ Ballet: English National Ballet

La Sylphide (not to be confused with Les Sylphides) is a famous ballet from the [...]

Kenneth MacMillan ‘Manon’ Ballet Review: English National Ballet

Manon, like many beloved ballets (Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, Carmen and Swan Lake, for example), [...]

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company: ‘TooMortal’ Review

Artists have created site-specific works in a variety of unique spaces – away from traditional [...]

Royal Opera House: La Fille Mal Gardée Ballet

With plenty of real-life doom and gloom surrounding the world, a ballet – particularly a [...]

Untold Challenges of Migrating Dance Online: Mainly, the Money

With theaters shut for the foreseeable future, performance artists are in a bind. Many have [...]

Balletboyz Romeo and Juliet: ‘Beyond Words’ Film

Streaming dance shows from the comfort of home has been tiding us over, while the [...]

Uplifting and Heartwarming Dance Stories Amidst Covid-19

In this time of heightened anxiety, illness and quarantine, stories about dancing communities emerge daily [...]

Dutch National Ballet & ISH Dance Collective: GRIMM Ballet

Dutch National Ballet & ISH Dance Collective’s GRIMM ballet, choreographed by Ernst Meisner and Marco Gerris, [...]

Creole Giselle: Dance Theatre of Harlem

Dance Theatre of Harlem’s Creole Giselle plucks the classic tale from rural Germany and places [...]

Bangarra Dance Theatre: ‘Terrain’

The Bangarra Dance Theatre is a celebrated Aboriginal dance group. Their evening-length work, Terrain, is inspired Lake [...]

Royal Opera House: ‘The Cellist’ Ballet

Royal Opera House The Cellist by British choreographer Cathy Marston inspects the life of famed [...]

Klein Technique: Stretch and Placement Class

We describe our Klein Technique: Stretch and Placement Class with founder, Susan Klein, in NYC. [...]