The Telegraph?s Ismene Brown files a long diary from the Havana International Festival of Ballet and concludes with some striking thoughts on National Ballet of Cuba founder Alicia Alonso: ?I leave torn between extremes of optimism and pessimism...
The DanceView Times sent three correspondents to the Bolshoi?s Berkeley appearances. Ann Murphy reviews ?Romeo and Juliet?: ?Clearly, the Bolshoi was finally, if awkwardly, moving into late 20th century dance at the dawn of the 21st century. Its...
It?s easy enough to talk about how Balanchine transformed ballet technique. Sandra Kurtz, in this review of Pacific Northwest Ballet for the Seattle Weekly, shows it vividly. Then she goes on to consider PNB?s stewardship of the Balanchine...
I?ve got a new review of the Chitresh Das Dance Company?s latest premiere up on Voice of Dance: ? ?I am turning 60 and one-quarter of 60 is 15 and half of that is 7 and one-half, so that is what I will dance,? Pandit Chitresh Das announced at the...
Two views of Fokine at American Ballet Theatre. Mindy Aloff: ?Michel Fokine?s ?Les Sylphides? is so distant in tone, subject, and technique from what today?s ballet dancers are trained to put over that when American Ballet Theatre announced that...
As part of my dance-writing blitz last week, I took the time to check out emerging San Francisco choreographer Leslie Seiters? new show, and review it for Voice of Dance: ?Leslie Seiters? work is so delicate, you almost wonder how she can bear to...
Tobi Tobias weighs in on Eliot Feld?s Mandance Project: ?The more things change, the more they remain the same. The proverb might have been generated to describe Eliot?s Feld?s choreographic career. Feld?s latest company, Mandance...
A boatload of great dance writing in the Chronicle today. Ann Murphy reviews the Chitresh Das Dance Company: ?After the company performed a traditional invocation of the gods and cleansed the space, Das performed a solo that showed his...
I reviewed the Bolshoi?s Raymonda for the Chronicle. I liked the performance quite a lot, especially after the dismal ?Romeo and Juliet,? but not quite as much as the review, which was cut, might lead you to believe. Here are the excised bits...
In the U.S., ballet companies have to jump through strict hoops to dance Balanchine. In Cuba, as the New York Times reports from the Havanna International Festival of Ballet, the Nacional just copies the steps from pirated videos: ?Only one of...
I suspect the Chronicle may get some mail about my thoughts on the Bolshoi Ballet’s “Romeo and Juliet”: “Let’s be clear: The new “Romeo and Juliet” that Moscow’s storied Bolshoi Ballet brought to...
There?s so much good dance in the Bay Area this week that I can?t even get to it all. Something for everyone: The Bolshoi Ballet returns to Berkeley tonight. I?ll have a review of the new, naturalistic and highly controversial ?Romeo and Juliet?...
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