The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear . . . Marina Warner, From The Beast to...
2020 was to be David McAllister’s swan song with the Australian Ballet. After an epic 20 years at the helm,...
Jean-Guillaume Bart isn’t one of those nostalgic choreographers, nor is he a French Ratmansky. He’s more of a ballet archeologist...
After an absence of six years, the New York City Ballet revived Peter Martins’s “The Sleeping Beauty” to close out...
George Balanchine had a special place in his heart for “The Sleeping Beauty.” It was a ballet that he always wanted to stage but never had the means—and the space—to do it properly; and he refused to do it on the budget.
Contrary to Mae West’s delicious quip, “Too much of a good thing is wonderful,” choreographer and ABT Artist in Residence, Alexei Ratmansky, whose interpretation of the iconic fairy tale landed in Orange County stuffed with ballet stars, sequins and sky-high wigs, this over-the-top world premiere is somewhat of a snooze.
