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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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 …
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In the span of four days, we were gifted with phenomenal distillations of ballet that has stood the test of time and ballet newly born, from three august companies.…
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Baseball season opened with a bang on Monday. The San Francisco Giants crushed the Milwaukee Brewers, hitting back-to-back-to-back homers for only the 10th time in the team’s history, and the first on an opening day.…
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