Ballets can and do find ethereal inspiration in epic ideas that have flowered through the eons, as well as those enduring myths that have grown, and transformed, over millennia. Stream Los Angeles ...

Lavishly costumed and dramatically staged, Pacific Ballet Dance Theater’s “Carmen” narrates a bold reimagining of the celebrated opera. The full-length ballet is a passionate showcase of love, ...

Opening the bill, Rudi Van Dantzig’s 1977 Four Last Songs, to Richard Strauss’s music, is a piece in the same vein as Macmillan’s Song of the Earth, with the same melancholy undertow as its characters ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook New York City Ballet wrapped up its 75th anniversary celebration at Lincoln Center this spring with a look to the future. But it ...

MORRISTOWN, NJ - There is always something innovative and breathtaking when the New Jersey Ballet takes the stage at the Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC). The evening of March 20th and the afternoon ...

Editors’ note: The following is an edited version of remarks delivered at a dance demonstration on May 11, 2023, at The New Criterion’s spring soirée. I have a theory that if ballet were done a little ...

Frederick Ashton’s masterful Shakespearian character study The Dream and his exhilarating ballet Rhapsody, created for the stellar talents of Mikhael Baryshnikov and Lesley Collier, come together ...

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents New Jersey Ballet, under the artistic direction of Maria Kowroski, in ...