Dance
You’re not supposed to look for deep meaning in this often-revised jumbo of a ballet.
Read MoreThe heart of this theatrical reboot is what it means to go for broke and bet on love, or art, or both.
Read MoreBallet steps from the classroom were sprinkled in with modern dance, moonwalking, shimmies, groping duets, and any other kind of movement.
Read MoreThis is a theater of signals, like a fast-changing slide show of things we recognize and don’t quite recognize.
Read More“Tokenism also plays into this issue. Some companies are hiring one dancer of color and they think they’ve done diversity.”
Read MoreThis acrobatic physicality doesn’t come off as a test of testosterone or showboating.
Read MoreThe Boston Ballet II program was a miniature survey of classical ballet history, a perfect challenge for apprentice dancers.
Read MoreAs a group they are exuberant, personable, immediate, which in turn makes even the meh choreography palatable.
Read MoreSoon-Ho Park’s dancers seem imbued with the casual cosmopolitanism of their peers, but they reflect a deep seriousness in their craft.
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