Pennsylvania Ballet Presents ROMANCE and RE/ACTIONby BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017Pennsylvania Ballet and Artistic Director Angel Corella will finish the 2016/2017 season with two mixed bill programs: Romance in April, featuring the World Premiere of Nicolo Fonte's Ghost Stories; and the final program, Re/Action, in May which includes a World Premiere by Choreographer in Residence, Matthew Neenan. Romance, supported by ALGER, will run April 6-9 at The Merriam Theater, and Re/Action will run May 11-14 at The Academy of Music. Pixvana and PNB Produce VR Film, SILENT RESONANCEby BWW News Desk - March 15, 2017Pixvana partnered with the Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) to explore the unprecedented possibilities for dance and performance within virtual reality (VR), resulting in the 3-minute VR film Silent Resonance. Magloire's New Chamber Ballet To Play To MOZART, 4/7-8by BWW News Desk - March 14, 2017Choreographer Miro Magloire presents his New Chamber Ballet in the world premiere of a work to Mozart, joined by repertory ballets to music by Ryan Brown, Friedrich Cerha, and Luciano Berio, April 7 & 8, 8 PM, at City Center Studio 5, 130 West 56th Street. Photo Exclusive: 2017 RUSSIAN BALLET ICONS Galaby BWW News Desk - March 14, 2017London's annual 'Russian Ballet Icons' Gala, first held in 2006, is now firmly established as a highlight of the international ballet calendar. BWW got an exclusive look! Maine State Ballet Presents SWAN LAKE, 3/24-4/9by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017Maine State Ballet celebrates the 140th Anniversary of Swan Lake with a three week, 12 performance run of the quintessential classic ballet, March 24 through April 9, at Maine State Ballet's Lopez Theater. Dancers Over 40 Presents LES BALLETS TROCKADER DE MONTE CARLO, 3/15by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017Over 40 years of dance and comic entertainment will be feted asDancers Over 40 features Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo at the organization's first panel of 2017: "Over 40" years of Dance and Comic Entertainment: The History and Legacy of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Ballet Hispancio Honoring Trailblazing Latina Women Rita Moreno And Nina Vaca, 5/15by BWW News Desk - March 10, 2017Ballet Hispanico announced today it will be honoring Puerto Rican legendary actress and EGOT winner Rita Moreno with the Toda Una Vida Lifetime Achievement Award and Ecuadorian-American Pinnacle Group Chairman and CEO Nina Vaca with the Nuestra Inspiracion Award at its annual Carnaval Gala in The Plaza Hotel's Grand Ballroom, 768 Fifth Avenue, NYC. BWW Review: NEW YORK THEATRE BALLET Brings Old and New to the Stageby Christina Pandolfi - March 6, 2017At the inviting New York Live Arts Theater, New York Theatre Ballet presented their Uptown/Downtown/Dance series on March 3, 2017. Now in their 38th Season, the company stands apart within the larger ballet community for its grasp on classical technique that mingles with undercurrents of modern dance vocabulary. But the program's pacing left something to be desired, as the excitement and delight peaked before intermission. Hamburg Ballet Presents John Neumeier's THE LITTLE MERMAID, 3/28-4/2by BWW News Desk - March 3, 2017Germany's internationally renowned Hamburg Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center after 13 years with Director and Chief Choreographer John Neumeier's contemporary retelling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Little Mermaid, for seven performances in the Opera House, March 28-April 2, 2017. BWW Review: NEW YORK THEATRE BALLET in Works by Antony Tudor and Martha Clarkeby Barnett Serchuk - March 3, 2017New York Theatre Ballet's presentation on February 25, 2017, was a dedication of sorts to Antony Tudor and Martha Clarke. If the evening was less than memorable due to the thinness of the material, it did offer glimpses into the minds of two creative artists who have tried, and often succeeded, in pushing the boundaries of pure dance into a psychological state. Alonzo King LINES Ballet Announces Spring Season, 5/4-14by BWW News Desk - March 1, 2017Alonzo King LINES Ballet is pleased to announce its Spring Season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, May 4-14. The season pairs visionary choreographer Alonzo King with Bob Holman, legendary founder of the Bowery Poetry Club, endangered language activist, poet and filmmaker. BWW Interview: Launch of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet with THERESA RUTH HOWARDby Caryn Cooper - March 1, 2017Internationally acclaimed dancer, writer, and advocate Theresa Ruth Howard has a diverse and multifaceted career as an artist. She began her dance training at the Philadelphia Civic Ballet School and went on to dance with the notable Dance Theatre of Harlem, collaborating with Donald Byrd and the New York City Opera, was a guest artist with Complexions, and a founding member of Armitage Gone! Dance. Her writings have been published in a number of media such as Dance Magazine, Pointe, One World Magazine, and Italian dance magazine- Expressions. She has taught at several colleges and universities including Sarah Lawrence College, New Haven University, The Ailey School, and the American Dance Festival. Additional Instructors Announces For Two Week IJ Summer Ballet Intensiveby BWW News Desk - February 24, 2017Following the announcement earlier this year of the inaugural season of the IJ Summer Ballet Intensive, founders Irina Paradnaya and Jared G. Lillyhave announced additional instructors - repetiteurs - rounding out what is sure to be an extraordinary opportunity for advanced students and aspiring professionals to learn and perform roles from the classical ballet repertory of the Bolshoi Ballet, the world's most acclaimed ballet company. BWW Review: Celebrating the 21st Anniversary of The Yorkville Nutcracker with DANCES PATRELLEby Caryn Cooper - December 14, 2016With the holidays right around the corner, many folks are making their way to the theater to see a Nutcracker performance- which has become a favorite holiday tradition, bringing families together for an intergenerational event. This season is no different. On the evening of Friday, December 9th, I had the opportunity to see Dances Patrelle present The Yorkville Nutcracker at The Kaye Playhouse located on the campus of Hunter College. Special guests included Abi Stafford, Craig Hall, Maximilien Baud, and Therese Wendler of New York City Ballet. In addition to all this, students from the city's prestigious schools such as Alvin Ailey, Ballet Hispanico, JKO School at ABT, and the New York Theatre Ballet School to name a few, participated to make this a must-see production.
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