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2 JULY 2024

Woolf Works: A Novel Ballet, to a Relentless Score

Leigh Donlan reviewed the 29th June, 2024, evening performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York

The shiny new thing at American Ballet Theatre’s unusually compact summer season at the Met, Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works, just concluded its New York premiere run – and it’s spectacular. While there …

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8 MAY 2024

Tender and Bold: ABT Studio Company at The Joyce

Leigh Donlan reviewed the performance on Saturday 4th May, 2024

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company closed its 15-city U.S. spring tour at home this weekend at New York’s Joyce Theater. The 9-piece mixed bill included two New York premieres, one world premiere, and excerpts from works by Vaganova, McKenzie, Ratmansky …

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28 APRIL 2024

Why Women Leave and Other Takeaways from ‘Brilliant Exiles’

Exhibition reviewed by Leigh Donlan on 25 April 2024

Many American women artists escaped to Paris during the early 20th century where they found freedom from the gender, class, race, religious and sexual orientation limitations of home. Over sixty of these women are celebrated in the skillfully curated Brilliant Exiles

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22 MARCH 2024

The Look (and Gift) of Love: Mark Morris Dance Group at BAM

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 performance reviewed by Leigh Donlan

Marcy Harriell and dancers of Mark Morris Dance Group (Photo: Julieta Cervantes)

Mark Morris is one of the most musical contemporary choreographers today. He produces music shows, not dance shows. The Look of Love is yet another masterpiece that exemplifies this …

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