When Igor Stravinsky’s ballet “Firebird” premiered in 1910, it immediately “took Paris by storm.” “It was a huge success,” explains Andrew Crust, music director of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
A dancer walks slowly, cautiously, onto the stage, into silence. Quietly, the music begins. This is how both of the works Houston Ballet presented on Thursday at the Wortham Center's Brown Theater - ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Widely considered America’s first prima ballerina, Tallchief is being celebrated by New York City Ballet, where she was a Balanchine muse, in her ...
On a chilly spring night in Balboa Park, the Casa del Prado’s cavernous rehearsal room was warmed by the body heat of more than a dozen San Diego Civic Youth Ballet dance students. Dressed uniformly ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Critic’s Notebook It was a busy winter: Ashley Bouder bid farewell, Mira Nadon dazzled in “Swan Lake,” Maria Tallchief was honored and Alexei Ratmansky had another winner. Mira ...