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5 NOVEMBER 2024

Crime and Punishment: A Novel Ballet Lost in Translation

Leigh Donlan reviewed the matinee performance on Saturday, Nov 2, 2024, at Lincoln Center

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is a tough novel to translate to the stage, let alone into ballet, but choreographer Helen Pickett, whose Crucible for Scottish Ballet and Emma Bovary for National Ballet of Canada …

30 OCTOBER 2024

Otherworldly: ABT’s Signature Works

Leigh Donlan reviewed the matinee on Saturday, 26th October, 2024, at Lincoln Center

Another broad and ambitious program from American Ballet Theatre wrapped this weekend with two classic pas de deux, two repeats from the Choreographers program, and the beloved The Kingdom of the Shades, which was most captivating; …

24 OCTOBER 2024

‘Neo’ at the Heart of ABT’s Second Program

Leigh Donlan reviewed the Sunday evening performance on 20th October, 2024, at Lincoln Center

The exceptionally dry program title, Choreographers of the 20th and 21st Century, gave away little but turned out to herald a densely packed second program of American Ballet Theatre’s fall season: two iconic works from …

23 OCTOBER 2024

Dazzled as ABT’s Fall Season Begins

Leigh Donlan reviewed the Saturday matinee, 19th Oct 2024, at Lincoln Center

American Ballet Theatre opened their fall season with a bang: a program titled  Innovation Past and Present comprising two world premieres and one quintessential classic, at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. Kyle Abraham’s Mercurial Son was an …

4 OCTOBER 2024

State of Darkness Illumines A Poorly Curated Program 5 at Fall for Dance

Leigh Donlan reviewed the Saturday 28th Sept, 2024 performance at New York’s City Center

Fall for Dance concluded its 2024 festival at New York City Center this weekend with Program 5, a three-piece bill (plus a bonus) that set out to explore relationships but lost its way. Cassandra Trenary gave …