by Leigh Witchel Is a dance still interesting with the music turned off? It’s a useful test: choreography shouldn’t just … More
Month: August 2023
Ingenuity and Transformation
by Leigh Witchel What is Pilobolus without ingenuity? The company celebrated its 50th birthday at The Joyce with a potpourri … More
Pageantry
by Leigh Witchel An eternal question: How do we respect the past while bringing it to the present? “One Dance,” … More
Season’s Close
by Leigh Witchel American Ballet Theatre’s season at the Metropolitan Opera House, its first under the direction of Susan Jaffe, … More
A Cool Lake
by Leigh Witchel It was chilly at the Lake this summer. In American Ballet Theatre’s two-decades-plus-old production of “Swan Lake,” … More