next@90 – Part 2 of 3

by Leigh Witchel The drama9 program of San Francisco Ballet’s next@90 contained a trio of ballets in very different genres, … More

next@90 – Part 1 of 3

by Leigh Witchel Sometimes risky ideas work out. Sometimes they just go bad. The next@90 Festival at San Francisco Ballet … More

by Leigh Witchel “Les Noces” is a bucket-list ballet that very few folks get to check off their bucket list. … More

by Leigh Witchel Going to see The Sarasota Ballet do Balanchine is like going to see New York City Ballet … More

by Leigh Witchel What if you had been sleepwalking through life? What would happen if you suddenly awakened, to find … More

by Leigh Witchel We all live inside history, but history is also personal. Alexei Ratmansky’s staging of “Giselle” for the … More

by Leigh Witchel The Sarasota Ballet’s second repertory program was a history lesson, one that confirmed as much as it … More

by Leigh Witchel William Forsythe will be 73 at the end of the year. He’s not playing the elder statesman. … More

by Leigh Witchel Funny how once that would have been Balanchine and Sub-Balanchine: the dull procession of Balanchine knockoffs like … More

by Leigh Witchel The arresting Operahuset in Oslo, designed by Snøhetta, feels like a series of ramps, as if a … More