An evening of largely uplifting and celebratory dance at New York City Center’s Fall for Dance opened with a bleak portrayal of intimacy by Crystal Pite. …
All That Glitters: Liang and Lovette paired with iconic Balanchine
It’s tough to be the opening act for two intriguing world premieres and Balanchine’s bulletproof Symphony in C. Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer is not quite up to the task. The Prokofiev score may be an intoxicating ride for the solo violin, but Robbins’ choreography is a much tamer …
The Royal Ballet Up Close and Personal at the Joyce
It was a rare treat to watch a handful of Royal Ballet stars in the intimate surroundings of New York’s Joyce Theater; even better to catch them in play dates with their friends from New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and New York Theatre Ballet.…
The Body Count Mounts: Under Siege comes to Mostly Mozart in New York
The stunning set for Yang Liping Contemporary Dance’s Under Siege, on display as audiences trooped in to Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater last weekend, would have staggered even the most jaded theater-goer. It was constructed of oversized silvery shears, thousands of them dangling ominously from an undulating lighting …
Blak Whyte Gray Hits a Nerve at Mostly Mozart in New York
“Is everybody in the world going to die before someone finds the answer?” asked reluctant vampire-slayer Dr. Robert Morgan, played by Vincent Price in the classic horror film The Last Man on Earth. Morgan battles a mysterious pandemic that turns humans into vampires – a premise that evoked mid-20…