Wesley Doucette is a PhD student in French Literature at the CUNY Grad Center. His research focuses include French cultural institutions such as the Festival d'Avignon and the innovations of administrators such as Jean Vilar. He also studies contemporary European theatre culture. He received a Masters in Théâtre et Patrimoine from Avignon Université and received his undergraduate degrees from Kent State University in Art History and Theatre.
BWW Reviews: WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN: The Early Work of Rodgers & Hart by Dominic Symonds
April 14, 2015
April 14, 2015
Dominic Symonds analyzes the early collaborations between Rodgers and Hart in a book published by the Oxford University Press.
BWW Reviews: SEMELE at BAM, Handel in a Temple
March 10, 2015
March 10, 2015
Zang Huan's imaginative retelling of the baroque Opera at BAM as performed by the Canadian Opera Company.
BWW Reviews: ALL BALANCHINE: Hear the Dance Italy. The Warmth of Tuscany in February
February 25, 2015
February 25, 2015
The NYCBallet performs 'Square Dance,' and 'Harlequinade.'
BWW Reviews: ROYAL DANISH BALLET: PRINCIPALS AND SOLOISTS, A Joyous and Polite Precision
January 21, 2015
January 21, 2015
The Royal Danish Ballet returns to New York in the Joyce Theatre.
BWW Reviews: ALISON CHASE PERFORMANCE, Defying Physics
January 14, 2015
January 14, 2015
Alison Chase presents premiers of her company's physically demanding compositions at Columbia.
BWW Reviews: DANCING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC: USA- Denmark 1900-2014 by Erik Aschengreen
January 5, 2015
January 5, 2015
Erik Aschengreen offers a presentation of the Danish, American relationship.
BWW Reviews: ENTHUSIASTIC EVENTS, From Blog to Social Occasion
November 24, 2014
November 24, 2014
The Dance Enthusiast's inaugural event on the topic of Fashion and Dance.
BWW Reviews: CLASSIC NYCB, Sharing Space and Spirit
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014
The New York City Ballet performs four works by four distinct choreographic aesthetics. From Balanchine to Peck 'Classic NYCB' displays alternating moods towards individual expression and ensemble harmony in abstract dance performance.
BWW Reviews: BERNSTEIN MEETS BROADWAY: Collaborative Art in a Time of War by Carol J Oja
October 16, 2014
October 16, 2014
A look at Harvard scholar Carol J. Oja's discussion of the development and wartime premier of Bernstein and Robbins' musical 'On the Town.'
BWW Reviews: ALL BALANCHINE, Honoring an Internationalist Genius
September 30, 2014
September 30, 2014
With influences of Italian divertissements to the Russian avant-garde, the New York City Ballet's All Balanchine program presents the pancultural genius of their founding artist.
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