Never mind my analytical observations, the Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker is still an immediate pleasure.
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Dance Review: Trophy Games at the Boston Ballet
You’re not supposed to look for deep meaning in this often-revised jumbo of a ballet.
Fuse Dance Review: Four Flavors — “Mirrors” at Boston Ballet
What interested me about Bitches Brew was the chance to discover how choreographer Karole Armitage re-rigs classical ballet steps.
Dance Review: Swans’ Return at Boston Ballet
Even the hippest of us can succumb to a deep longing for harmony, lush orchestration, and magic.
Dance Review: Style Survey — “Kaleidoscope” at Boston Ballet
I’d seen all of these works on the Boston Ballet’s program once or twice in the past. They all seemed to improve with these additional viewings.
Fuse Dance Review: Russian Romantics — John Cranko’s “Onegin” at Boston Ballet
The rapturous reaction to Boston Ballet’s performance on Sunday afternoon demonstrated that this kind of work can still move an audience.
Fuse Dance Review: Boston Ballet—Mahler Multiplex
My overall impression of the ballet was of earnest pretension.
Dance Review: Choreographer Leonid Yakobson — Soviet Rebel Under Cover
Boston Ballet’s reconstructed versions of Yakobson’s Pas de Quatre and four Choreographic Miniatures were a revelation.
Dance Commentary: Misty Copeland, Ballet, and Race
Tomorrow, Misty Copeland will be American Ballet Theatre’s first African-American ballerina to perform the lead role in Swan Lake in New York City.
Dance Review: American Ballet Theatre’s Eye-Popper of a “Sleeping Beauty”
Few companies can do pageantry quite like ABT, buoyed by its vast resources as well as on this occasion the company’s desire to celebrate its 75th anniversary with panache.