Flamenco in Photos
The Flamenco Festival has been bringing Spain's greatest flamenco artists to New York City Center for twenty years.
FREE ARTICLEWorld-class review of ballet and dance.
The long-awaited “Don Juan” by Johan Inger for Aterballetto has at last found its way on a national and international tour. Due to the first Italian lockdown, the creation of the new ballet was suspended and postponed and when it finally premiered, last autumn, it had only two performances: a preview in Reggio Emilia, the city where Aterballetto is resident, and an official debut in Ferrara. An important stop in this year's new tour was in Ravenna, at the renowned festival founded by Riccardo Muti’s wife. Performed indoor at Alighieri Theatre, a beautiful “teatro all’italiana,” “Don Juan” had two performances, both sold out despite a limited audience due to anti-Covid restrictions. A historical theatre was the ideal stage for a contemporary ballet based on a classic story, preserving the narrative development. Having narrative ballets in its repertory has always been an aim of Aterballetto, and not to be limited by short, abstract pieces. But it’s well known: staging a narrative ballet nowadays for choreographers is a challenge.
Performance
Place
Words
Saul Daniele Ardillo and Arianna Kob in "Don Juan" by Johan Inger for Aterballetto Photograph by Viola Berlanda
“Uncommonly intelligent, substantial coverage.”
Already a paid subscriber? Login
The Flamenco Festival has been bringing Spain's greatest flamenco artists to New York City Center for twenty years.
FREE ARTICLEThere are few dance companies as versatile as Ballet Hispánico. The company, which is the largest Latine/x/Hispanic cultural organization in the United States, prides itself on its far-reaching celebration of the Latinx diaspora with a school that offers training in flamenco, salsa, and Afro-Caribbean, in addition to ballet, jazz, and more.
FREE ARTICLEIt was a lovefest at the David H. Koch Theater last Thursday for the Youth America Grand Prix's 25th Anniversary Gala performance. As galas go, the night was awash in pageantry.
Continua a leggereAccording to artistic director Peter Boal’s welcome letter for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s fifth season program, the most popular mixed rep slates at PNB feature works by Crystal Pite or Twyla Tharp.
Continua a leggere
comments