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

Vindication – Indication

by Leigh Witchel The Sarasota Ballet’s week at Covent Garden wasn’t a preordained slam-dunk. It was heading into the engagement … More

The Loss of Small Detail

by Leigh Witchel Even if you weren’t keen on celebrating Ashton, there was plenty to see in the second Ashton … More

Getting the Style – Forgetting the Style.

by Leigh Witchel In a curtain speech before the premiere of the first Ashton Celebrated program, Kevin O’Hare, the Artistic … More

Coals to Covent Garden

by Leigh Witchel There’s probably few more daunting tasks than bringing an all-Ashton program to Ashton’s home, The Royal Opera … More

Dry Run

by Leigh Witchel The Sarasota Ballet’s Artistic Director, Iain Webb, has always been careful and strategic about tours. When the … More

Holding On

by Leigh Witchel Aging for a dancer isn’t just a slide into decrepitude. There’s a level of experience, in stagecraft … More

Are You Experienced?

by Leigh Witchel Boston Ballet mounted its “Fall Experience,” an evening of contemporary works the oldest of which just passed … More

So Very Jerry

by Leigh Witchel A choreographer is not without honor, except in his hometown. Gerald Arpino, a native New Yorker, didn’t … More

next@90 – Part 3 of 3

by Leigh Witchel The third program of San Francisco Ballet’s next@90 Festival, awe9, ranged from pure dance to pure drama. … More