December 31, 2013
Simon Rattle Among the Artists on Queen Elizabeth’s Honors List
Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honors List includes Sir Simon Rattle, the Liverpool-born conductor, as well as Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Angela Lansbury.
Dance Review
Magical Crockery, Pop Music Parody, a Hula Hoop and Other Experiments
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
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American Realness Michelle Boulé in "Wonder," opening this festival at the Abrons Arts Center.
The American Realness festival has opened at the Abrons Arts Center with a mélange of performance art accented by music and choreography.
Critic’s Notebook
The Fascination of the Unfinished
By ROBERTA SMITH
The Metropolitan Museum is dotted with paintings that have been left incomplete, giving viewers hints into the impulses behind the genius of Degas, Bassano, Greuze, Rembrandt and others.
Dance Review
No Barbershops Here, Nor Violins or Cellos
By BRIAN SEIBERT
In “a quartet,” Heather Kravas plays with patterns and the word “want.”
January 7, 2014
Idaho Ballet Troupe to Shift Directions
The Trey McIntyre Project in Boise will mount a tour this spring and then cease operating as a full-time dance troupe, becoming a project-driven company.
Dance Review
A Sampler Broad Enough for Voguing and Mary, Queen of Scots
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Focus Dance, an annual sampler, brought works by Doug Elkins and Vicky Shick to the Joyce Theater.
Bolshoi to Visit Lincoln Center Festival
By MICHAEL COOPER
The 2014 Lincoln Center Festival will feature the Bolshoi Ballet as well as Heisei Nakamura-za, the Japanese Kabuki company.
Dance Review
In Nod to History, Two Ballet Rivals Spring to Life
By ROSLYN SULCAS
The Bolshoi has opened a weeklong series of performances of Alexei Ratmansky’s “Lost Illusions” at the Palais Garnier in Paris.
Steps Heard ’Round the World
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
At just 45, Alexei Ratmansky is making his mark as the most historically conscious choreographer alive, the most travel-hungry and the most prolific.
Dance
20 Companies at Joyce and N.Y.U.
By JACK ANDERSON
At the Association of Performing Arts Presenters meets in New York, one subject delegates are sure to ponder is the choosing of dance groups to present in coming months.
Critic’s Notebook
An Ever-Ripening Bouquet
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater’s “Nutcracker” productions demonstrate how dancers evolve as they advance to new roles.
The Matchmaker
Damian Woetzel at the Vail International Dance Festival
By ROSLYN SULCAS
Damian Woetzel, a onetime principal with New York City Ballet, has found a mission as director of the Vail International Dance Festival.
On Point in Message, and Technique
By GIA KOURLAS
Heather Kravas weaves themes of labor and repetition in “a quartet,” choreography that blends folk dance and ballet, at the Coil Festival.
Multimedia
Ballet Without Borders
At 45, the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky and his work has become internationally ubiquitous.
Returning to the Stage, at 55
A former Alvin Ailey superstar and a current artificial-hip owner, Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish, returns to the stage to perform "Revelations," the company's best-known work.
Behind the Scenes at Radio City’s Christmas Spectacular
Few things say Christmas in New York quite as vividly as the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular.”
Juilliard's New Dances, 2013
Juilliard's New Dances series features the first U.S. staging of Pina Bausch's Wind von West and works by Takehiro Ueyama, Brian Brooks, and Darrell Grand Moultrie.
All That Craft, and Now Some Abandon
By GIA KOURLAS
Michele Wiles, a former principal with American Ballet Theater, says she’s given up safety by leading her own company, Ballet Next.
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