- April 30, 2007
- A Very Young Dancer
Is City Ballet’s youth movement a danger or a delight?
- August 9, 2004
- Britishisms
At Lincoln Center’s Ashton Festival, a second-ranked company steals the show. Plus: Thrilling Kabuki!
- July 12, 2004
- Body Snatchers
Richard Move’s glorious, goofy homage to Martha Graham; Boris Eifman’s distinctly un-Balanchine Balanchine.
- May 24, 2004
- Poetry in Motion
An artistic sensibility as beautiful and unforgiving as the Scottish moors informs Christopher Wheeldon’s new work for the City Ballet.
- June 28, 2004
- The Insider
Mark Morris once dismissed the dance world with a bohemian’s disdain. Now he’s embraced it, never losing his gift for emotional insight.
- June 21, 2004
- Russe Limbo
How do you solve a problem like Raymonda? An attempt to return to the ballet’s grand roots has mixed results. Plus, Peter Martins’s latest.
- May 31, 2004
- Comfort Food
Though Lar Lubovitch’s graceful troupe still performs in offbeat venues, his work is solidly mainstream, disinclined to make waves.
- May 24, 2004
- Poetry in Motion
An artistic sensibility as beautiful and unforgiving as the Scottish moors informs Christopher Wheeldon’s new work for the City Ballet.
- April 26, 2004
- In Brief: Les Applaudissements
Everything I'd read about Maguy Marin's new work, including a rave review, made it sound ghastly: an hour of grim-faced walking around, inspired by Latin American dictatorships.
- April 5, 2004
- A New Pergolesi
Back in that brief, shining moment when Twyla Tharp was making dances for Mikhail Baryshnikov, everything she choreographed for him was also about him.