Peter Salem News

San Francisco Ballet has announced casting and creative details for Dos Mujeres, the company’s first-ever double bill of works by Latina choreographers.

What did our critic think of EMMA BOVARY, ANGELS’ ATLAS at National Arts Centre?

The world premiere of Emma Bovary will mark the first partnership between The National Ballet of Canada and award-winning choreographer, director and dancer, Helen Pickett. Learn more about the production and how to get tickets here!

What did our critic think of THE CRUCIBLE at Eisenhower Theater? Choreographer Helen Pickett does in her ballet The Crucible just exactly what Arthur Miller attempted in his 1953 play, her source. Both try to make a new language to express the Salem witch trials of 1692 because those events were too extraordinary for regular English or garden-variety ballet.

Today’s subject Peter Salem is currently living his theatre life as the composer of Scottish Ballet’s production of The Crucible. The show runs now through May 28th at Kennedy Center in the Eisenhower Theater.

Following the hugely successful mainland tour of A Streetcar Named Desire, and an exciting US premiere tour of The Crucible, Scottish Ballet will take the full production of Streetcar to Kirkwall, as part of the St Magnus Festival, and then to Stornoway on Lewis.

In steamy 1940s New Orleans, fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois moves into her sister Stella's apartment. Stella's brutish husband Stanley sees that Blanche is not what she appears to be, and sets out to destroy her...

PBS has announced that the next installment of NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER, a series from the pubcaster's multi-year collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will feature Ballet Hispánico's explosive portrait of Eva 'Evita' Perón.

Moses Pendleton, the founder and artistic director of MOMIX – the celebrated dance company that inaugurates Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s 2022-23 International Dance Series this weekend – readily admits that he’s had a lifelong affinity for Lewis Carroll and his fanciful tale of a young girl whose unexpected journey to Wonderland provides the inspiration for the company’s Alice! which will transport audiences from the James K. Polk Theatre on their own wondrously captivating journey.

If you're going to do a history of Eva Perón based entirely on movement, you'd be sure to include that iconic pose of the Argentine First Lady hands aloft at the radio microphones before adoring thousands.

Ballet Hispánico, the nation's renowned Latinx dance organization recognized as one of America's Cultural Treasures, and the Kennedy Center, the National Cultural Center, announce the Washington, D.C. premiere of Doña Perón from November 30 - December 3, 2022, Wed - Sat at 8pm, Sat at 2pm.

Ballet Hispánico, the nation's renowned Latinx dance organization recognized as one of America's Cultural Treasures, and the Kennedy Center, the National Cultural Center, announce the Washington, D.C. premiere of Doña Perón from November 30 - December 3, 2022, Wed - Sat at 8pm, Sat at 2pm.

The Music Center announced the 20th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center with residencies featuring four world-renowned dance companies beginning in April 2023.

Scottish Ballet is set to bewitch London audiences at Sadler's Wells in June 2022 with its award winning production of The Crucible, based on the play by Arthur Miller and choreographed by  Helen Pickett. 

Ballet Hispánico has announced the Washington, D.C. premiere of Doña Perón at the Kennedy Center, November 30 - December 3, 2022, Wed - Sat at 8pm, Sat at 2pm.

Ballet Hispánico, the nation's renowned Latinx dance organization recognized as one of America's Cultural Treasures, announces the Washington, D.C. premiere of Doña Perón at the Kennedy Center, November 30 - December 3, 2022, Wed - Sat at 8pm, Sat at 2pm.

Nashville's Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) today announces its non-Broadway programming lineup for 2022-23, including the launch of new series for dance, theater, and family presentations as well as the return of its Cabaret On Stage series, co-presented with Studio Tenn.

Cultural vibrancy and exemplary artistry from world-class companies and artists will grace the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ stages during its 2022–2023 ballet and dance season, announced today.

Making its New York premiere at the City Center Dance Festival April 1-3, Doña Perón is an explosive and emotional retelling of the life of Eva “Evita” Perón, one of the most recognizable and controversial women in Argentinian history.

 Ballet Hispánico, the nation's renowned Latinx dance organization recognized as one of America's Cultural Treasures, announces the New York premiere of Doña Perón at New York City Center, April 1-3, 2022, the concluding performances of Ballet Hispánico's 50th Anniversary Celebration, on Fri & Sat at 7:30pm, Sat & Sun at 2pm.