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First Snow
REVIEWS | Gracia Haby

First Snow

There must be snow lightly dusting the shoulders. Mirlitons spin spritely and a striped, delectable flute. There must be magic and awe, in all its guises, and the reassurance that though the King Rat is nearby, crown askew, all is right in the world.

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Charlie Chaplin at the Ballet
REVIEWS | Kris Kosaka

Charlie Chaplin at the Ballet

“City Lights,” choreographed by Alastair Marriott for the National Ballet of Japan under artistic director Miyako Yoshida, made its world premiere this month in Tokyo, spinning the iconic 1931 Charles Chaplin movie of the same name to pure balletic gold. 

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French Flair

French Flair

Talk about intensity! The American premiere of “Mirlitons” last weekend at the Nimoy as part of CAP UCLA’s season and presented by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, proved...

Performance

Aymeric Hainaux and François Chaignaud: “Mirlitons”

Place

The Nimoy, Los Angeles, California, October 23-24, 2026

Words

Victoria Looseleaf

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New Direction
REVIEWS | Rachel Howard

New Direction

Sacramento Ballet is a 72-year-old company in the capital city of California with 25 dancers, a strong history of dancing the works of George Balanchine, and a growing school and second company. As of six weeks ago, Sacramento Ballet also has a new artistic director: Tiit Helimets. 

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Club Classics
REVIEWS | Rebecca Deczynski

Club Classics

With just two weeks penciled in at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theatre, American Ballet Theatre’s fall season is a bright but brief standout in the fall dance calendar.

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Wilde Times
REVIEWS | Mindy Aloff

Wilde Times

Back in Hollywood’s “silent era”—that is, when there was actual sound accompanying the movies, just sound produced, as at a ballet, by musical instruments rather than live speech—the legal entity now known to lawyers and stickler cineastes as “Warner Bros.”

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In Real Life
REVIEWS | Elsa Giovanna Simonetti

In Real Life

Of all the places Juliet and Romeo could have fled to after Friar Laurence’s plan succeeded, they chose Paris. At least, this is how Ben Duke and Solène Weinachter imagined their fate in “Juliet and Romeo” (2018), now performed by Emily Terndrup and John Kendall in the title roles.

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Life in the Wild

Life in the Wild

London City Ballet, the erstwhile resident company of Sadler’s Wells, has just launched its third season since Christopher Marney resurrected the outfit in 2024, fashioning it into a small-scale touring...

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London City Ballet: “Firebird“ by Glen Tetley / “Ghost Light” by John Neumeier

Place

Sadler’s Wells, London, ,October 22, 2026

Words

Sara Veale

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Classical x contemporary
REVIEWS | Victoria Looseleaf

Classical x contemporary

While the world of ballet is considered a rarefied one, what happens when a dancer who trained at the prestigious Paris Opéra Ballet School abandons the art form—or rather integrates said terpsichorean skills—into a solo sans pointe shoes or ballet slippers, sporting, instead, sneakers? The answer can be found in Dimitri Chamblas’ stunning and thought-provoking work, “Ulysse Marion.” 

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Riches to Rags
REVIEWS | Elsa Giovanna Simonetti

Riches to Rags

There is something uncanny about the timing of the Paris Opera’s revival of Kenneth MacMillan’s “L’Histoire de Manon” at the Palais Garnier in October 2026, as turmoil unfolds in the streets of Paris.

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Back to the Future

Back to the Future

I’ve always wondered what it was like to be in the audience of a Balanchine premiere, and on October 8th, when the New York City Ballet revived “Pithoprakta” for the...

Performance

New York City Ballet: “Pithoprakta,” “La Sonnambula,” “Unanswered Question,” and “Theme and Variations” by George Balanchine

Place

David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, New York, October 2026

Words

Faye Arthurs

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Begin Again
REVIEWS | Eoin Fenton

Begin Again

Destruction is a loaded word, so blunt and final, it's hard to imagine a way to move forward from it. But if there was ever a choreographer who knew how to work from destruction it would be Omar Rajeh, and if there was ever a city that knew distraction too well it would be Beirut.

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A New Opus
PREVIEW | Robert Steven Mack

A New Opus

As the first evening that Gonzalo Garcia has programmed as Miami City Ballet artistic director, “American Rhythms” provides a glimpse into the future of one of America’s most prominent “Balanchine” companies.

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Classic Beauty
REVIEWS | Gracia Haby

Classic Beauty

The curtain rises on a fairy-tale and the theatre around me all but disappears. There is the sensation that I am turning the pages of Charles Perrault’s 1697 telling of Sleeping Beauty.

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More than a Vampire Story
REVIEWS | Sophie Bress

More than a Vampire Story

It’s important for young dance artists to have the space, time, and resources to create. With its mission of giving autonomy to dancers, Pangea Dance Collective, founded in 2022, is working to offer just that.

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Inner Landscapes

Inner Landscapes

Early in its 2026–27 season, the Paris Opera Ballet presents “Paysages intérieurs (Inner Landscapes),” and once again we are faced with the much-debated question of just how many contemporary mixed...

Performance

Paris Opéra Ballet: Jean-Christophe Maillot’s “Vers un pays sage” / William Forsythe’s “Rearray” / Aszure Barton’s “Busk”

Place

Palais Garnier, Paris, October 11, 2026

Words

Elsa Giovanna Simonetti

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