Othello, as Lar Lubovitch tells it in his evening-length work for American Ballet Theatre, is a tale that should resonate powerfully in the modern world, with its themes of jealousy, intrigue, and the plight of the outsider.…
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This season marked a major milestone in the history of two storied American ballet companies on opposite coasts: American Ballet Theatre turned 75, and Oakland Ballet turned 50.…
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A voluptuous new dance film airs Friday on PBS stations nationwide, timed to coincide with American Ballet Theatre’s 75th anniversary celebration, and the opening of its season at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. Tune your DVR’s and raise your champagne flutes.…
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They almost had to hose down the audience at intermission of Scottish Ballet’s A Streetcar Named Desire at the Harris Theater in Chicago on Thursday night. Erik Cavallari’s Stanley had just had make-up sex with Sophie Martin’s Stella, and choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s imaginative way with the erotic pas de …
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It’s no use trying to guess what Charles Slender-White will come up with next. Since its founding in 2008, his agile contemporary dance troupe, FACT/SF, has defied pigeon-holing. “Maddening” and “thought-provoking” are words that crop up often, both in reference to his dance theatre pieces and his more abstract work.…
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