by Leigh Witchel An all-Paul-Taylor triple bill that his company danced during its Lincoln Center season went for baroque – … More
Category: Leigh Witchel
Straightforward
by Leigh Witchel There’s something so forthright but simple about the way José Limón built his work, like a cathedral … More
Here/Again
by Leigh Witchel Thirty years later, Bill T. Jones’ Still/Here returned to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where it was … More
Standing on Ceremony – or Not.
by Leigh Witchel American Ballet Theatre’s Choreographers of the 20th and 21st Centuries program was a triple bill of powerhouse … More
Elements of Style
by Leigh Witchel You can’t fault American Ballet Theatre’s Innovation Past and Present triple bill for lack of variety. The … More
Inside, Looking Out
by Leigh Witchel “I struggled a lot with how to adapt my own physicality to balletic form.” Justin Peck said … More
Would You See it Again?
by Leigh Witchel Three female choreographers were featured on New York City Ballet’s New Combinations program. Only one of their … More
All That and a Bag of Chips
by Leigh Witchel Yes, ballet spends too much time worshiping youth. There’s beauty in every flower from the bud to … More
Like a Prayer
by Leigh Witchel New York City Ballet is pushing Peter Walker in an unexpected way – to be a partner … More
Endurance
by Leigh Witchel The final program for Fall for Dance involved enormous changes at the last minute. Sara Mearns took … More