Category: dance

And this critic is impressed. – The Times (UK)
(Another review, from The Sunday Times, 10.31.99)

The ten-year Cleveland San Jose Ballet partnership comes apart in money dispute. – The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

A fan, dismayed by the ballet he was seeing in Russia, decided to start his own company in 1994. This week the St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre comes to America. – The Washington Post

The Australian Ballet goes to New York with a “Madame Butterfly” dance. Neither opera nor Miss Saigon, there aren’t any helicopters landing onstage either. – The New York Times

Dance-theater visionary Martha Clarke was a star. Then came the thing with the elephant – a certified disaster – and the bottom fell out of her career. Now she’s back at the Kennedy Center with a new piece. – The Washington Post

Two of the greatest dancers of our time – Altynai Asylmuratova and Konstantin Zaklinsky – will dance together at Sadler’s Wells. – The Telegraph (UK)

A very different Australian Ballet lands in New York. – The New York Times
(ALSO: Another review from the New York Times, 10/15/99)

After decades of high flying and financial stability, Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet flirts with financial meltdown. – Seattle Weekly

A critic – an “admirer for two decades” attends the performance and comes away bewildered. – Financial Times
(Here’s a different take, from The Times of London.)

It’s the premiere showcase for contemporary dance, and the dance world has gathered. Early verdicts are lukewarm. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)