Month: May 2020
Donizetti sunshine and a mixed bill of recent work rounds off New York City Ballet’s Digital Spring Season
Donizetti Variations is 25 minutes of balletic joy
Black voices in ballet: Danceworks, Ballet Black: The Waiting Game
The importance of a ballet platform to tell black stories
A dance of intense spirituality: Béjart Ballet Lausanne in 空Ku by Yuka Oishi
Dancers’ bodies moving poetically in a dreamlike atmosphere
Taiwan choreographer-dancers light up Project Sau.té’s Quarantine Project
12 days; 12 new, short works
Dance crossword
As a change from watching streamings of performances, here is a dance-word (i.e. a crossword on a dance theme), compiled by Judy Lipsey. Download as a pdf or Word document.
New York City Ballet Digital Spring Season Week 5: Diamonds, Liturgy, Carousel (A Dance)
Diamonds, Liturgy and Carousel (A Dance)
New York City Ballet Digital Spring Season Week 4: Balanchine, Robbins and Peck
Afternoon of a Faun, Western Symphony, Pulcinella Variations and more
A ballet about friends and a Stuttgart classic: John Cranko’s Initials R.B.M.E.
Online May 14, 2020 David Mead John Cranko may be best known for his story ballets, but he created some classic plotless pieces too, none more so than Initials R.B.M.E., his tribute to four dancers who achieved a permanent place in a ballet history as he turned Stuttgart Ballet into a major international company: Richard … Read more