by Leigh Witchel New York City Ballet fielded several debuts in a quadruple bill by an eclectic group of contemporary … More
Category: Leigh Witchel
Passing the Torch
by Leigh Witchel Smuin Contemporary Ballet is passing the torch. Company founder Michael Smuin was central to San Francisco’s dance … More
An Unending Cycle
by Leigh Witchel Samsara is a Buddhist concept of the infinite cycle of existence through birth and death. Though it … More
Inscrutable
by Leigh Witchel The triple bill closing the Paul Taylor Dance Company’s Extreme Taylor season at The Joyce Theater was … More
Live by the Sword
by Leigh Witchel As Juliet, Catherine Hurlin never forgot to give a performance as well as live it in Romeo … More
Late, Middle, Early
by Leigh Witchel Turn your watch, let’s move backwards in time. New York City Ballet’s triple bill of works by … More
What’s Extreme?
by Leigh Witchel Despite the dull trope (Extreme Taylor! Is that Paul Taylor’s choreography combined with paintball?), the Paul … More
Switch, no Bait
by Leigh Witchel Christine Shevchenko made us wait all the way until Act 3 of Onegin at American Ballet Theatre … More
Inside and Outside Type
by Leigh Witchel Casting against type can be a great way to stretch dancers . . . as long as … More
Ratmansky’s Fairy Tales
by Leigh Witchel The opening night of the Stravinsky’s Fairy Tales double bill in Amsterdam for two of the composer’s … More