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 …
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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; …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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