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Flying colours
REVIEWS | Gracia Haby

Flying colours

Upon arrival, colour greets me, and how. A wall of colour and pattern by Jeffrey Gibson, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, it is joyous and intriguing, loaded and bright. Snaking up the two sides, in blue lettering, all caps, a tantalising premise: “The only way out is through.”

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Cross country
REVIEWS | Victoria Looseleaf

Cross country

Welcomed back to Los Angeles for the first time in 22 years (but who’s counting!), New York City Ballet made a triumphant return to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in two separate programs.

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Summer Swans
REVIEWS | Rebecca Deczynski

Summer Swans

Like picnicking in Central Park, catching the ferry to the Rockaways, or heading to Citifield for a Mets game, American Ballet Theatre’s “Swan Lake” is a well-established summer tradition for countless New Yorkers.

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On Point

On Point

Pointeworks is the new kid on the block in San Diego’s thriving dance scene. Founded by Sophie Williams, a dancer with Texas Ballet Theatre and a San Diego native who...

Performance

Pointeworks: “Moving Forces” by Jacquelyn Long / “Transcendence” by Reka Gyulai / “Romeo and Juliet Pas de Deux” by Andrea Schermoly / “UnSaid” by Dani Rowe / “Spillover” by Keerati Jinakunphipat

Place

Conrad Prebys Theatre, San Diego, California, June 2026

Words

Robert Steven Mack

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Idol Dreams
REVIEWS | Elsa Giovanna Simonetti

Idol Dreams

Conceived by a Frenchman in imperial Russia and restaged by a Russian in post-Cold War France, “La Bayadère” periodically returns to the Paris Opera stage with its fakirs, idols and opium dreams.

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Mirror Images
REVIEWS | Karen Hildebrand

Mirror Images

A carousel spins in the middle of the grassy area outside Colonels Row on Governors Island. For the next three hours, mirrored vertical bars that form a cage on the spinning structure will reflect changing light, flashes of audience faces, and the green of surrounding trees, as late afternoon settles into dusk.

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Self-Portrait in the Making

Self-Portrait in the Making

Now in its second year, the Tate Modern’s Infinities Commission is awarded to a contemporary practitioner whose work proposes radical ways of thinking about performance, installation and time-based art.

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A Class Act
REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

A Class Act

A ballet career necessitates lifelong scholarship. Professionals take a daily technique class that begins with the same pliés at the barre as absolute beginners. Most days at the School of American Ballet, New York City Ballet members are tucked into in a corner of the studio, honing their tendus alongside the top divisions.

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Liminal Moves
REVIEWS | Rachel Howard

Liminal Moves

Jessica Lang is smack in the middle of a three-year stint as resident choreographer at Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet. It’s an excellent artistic match that deserves to be followed closely, because both Lang and PNB merit a higher national profile.

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Golden Hour
REVIEWS | Robert Steven Mack

Golden Hour

The close-knit ballet scene in San Diego was dealt a blow when California Ballet, the company Maxine Mahon founded in 1968, folded in 2020. Insiders tell me the pandemic wasn’t entirely to blame, but since then, Golden State Ballet, still wet behind the ears, has risen in its place.

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Divine Summer
REVIEWS | Karen Greenspan

Divine Summer

Now in its fifth year, Lincoln Center's “Summer for the City” festival is going all out for dance. This year, the festival will inaugurate the much-anticipated Lincoln Center Contemporary Dance Festival in Alice Tully Hall, featuring five international companies, as well as a new outdoor contemporary dance series called Dance Encounters, presented outside on Hearst Plaza.

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Die Another Day

Die Another Day

In defiance of the stars overhead, and destiny foretold, Joseph Caley’s Romeo falls, and utterly so, for Grace Carroll’s Juliet, on the opening night of the Australian Ballet’s Melbourne season...

Performance

The Australian Ballet: “Romeo & Juliet” by John Cranko

Place

The Regent Theatre, Melbourne, Australia, June 6, 2026

Words

Gracia Haby

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Young at Heart
REVIEWS | Eoin Fenton

Young at Heart

It’s hard to think of a company as fresh as Rambert at one hundred years old. The company, founded by icon of British dance Marie Rambert, has prided itself on being the leading contemporary voice within the UK.

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Mind Palace
REVIEWS | Rebecca Deczynski

Mind Palace

The void will appear soon, we are told, to invite us into an hour-long escape. The pre-show announcement is more poetic than prescriptive: “We are not islands scattered in a melancholy dark sea,” the voice of god adds, and shortly thereafter, the curtain rises on BalletCollective’s latest work, “Translation,” choreographed by founder Troy Schumacher.  

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A Rose is a Rose
REVIEWS | Rebecca Deczynski

A Rose is a Rose

A dancer’s lineage can tell you a lot. The places they’ve trained, the mentors they’ve had, the repertoire they’ve inscribed into their long-term memory all have an impact on the ways that they move, attack a set of steps, strategize a quick petit allegro or a dreamy adagio. So, too, is this true for choreographers.

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A High-contrast Zigzag

A High-contrast Zigzag

“So Are We,” from Sol León and Paul Lightfoot—former spouses who share a long-running creative career—is something of a full-circle event.

Performance

The Royal Ballet: “Shoot the Moon” and “Salle de danse” by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot

Place

The Royal Opera House, London, UK, June 11, 2026

Words

Sara Veale

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