183 stories by "Leigh Witchel"
There was plenty of drama Thursday night at New York City Bal let, not all of it planned. The main event, a revival of Peter Martins' "The Magic Flute," went off without a hitch. The rest o…
Pina Bausch had her groupies. They packed BAM Wednesday night for the opening of her company's first visit since her death last year. Toward the end, the German choreographer seemed to be m…
Fall for Dance, now in its seventh season at City Center, is like a bus tour of Europe: 40 companies in 10 days. The pace is exhausting, but you'll see just about everything.Each program ru…
Faye Driscoll is mad as hell, and she's got plenty to say about that. The choreographer's "There is so much mad in me" isn't perfect -- it's raw and raunchy, but has a distinctive downtown …
A very different version of Tchaikovsky's beloved lake o' birds is heading to City Center this fall — and these swans don't dance in tutus.Matthew Bourne's “Swan Lake” has …
New York City Ballet put its best foot for ward Tuesday night when it opened its fall season with a sparkling program, a champagne toast -- and a little snark. Standing in front of the curta…
Seven minutes is enough time for something to happen in a dance. Each of the numbers on DanceNOW's opening night of "Festival Twenty Ten" were even shorter than that -- but things didn't ha…
New York City Ballet's "The Nutcracker" has been a cherished part of the holidays since 1954. But even a tradition can feel brand-new when a group of promising young dancers...
Once upon a time, before there was Black Friday, the holiday season began with "The Nutcracker." Like an old friend, it still visits every year. And though there are versions...
The dance world's never been short on husband-and-wife partnerships " think New York City Ballet's Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, or Linda Celeste Sims and Glenn Allen Sims, who…
Tiler Peck wants you to know there's more to being a ballerina than standing on your toes. Which is why you'll find her " discussing dance, romance and more "...
The belles of the ball in San Francisco Ballet's "Cinderella" are the brilliant designs dreamed up by Julian Crouch (who gave us Broadway's "Big Fish" and "Addams Family") and master...
The real fun in New York City Ballet's "Just for Fun" Friday night was a Battle of the Ballerinas. The opening two works on the triple bill were shaky, but the final piece on the program …
Kicking off the 10th anniversary of Fall for Dance, two singular stars shone the brightest. Gabriel Misse and Sara Mearns come from different worlds " tango and ballet " but on Wednesday nig…
New York City Ballet's fall gala Thursday night had a passion for fashion, both on the stage and the red carpet. Three international designers clothed new ballets, while glittery guests " Na…
Having Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy star in "Forever Tango" is like having Lady Gaga headline a polka party: One doesn't have much to do with the other, but it's guaranteed to sel…
Stravinsky meets Cirque du Soleil in "A Dancer's Dream," an intriguing but confusing grab bag of a show, in which the New York Philharmonic, puppeteers, opera singers, dancers and even camer…
Was it a spiritual quest or just a fabulous workout? The Ailey company celebrated its first Lincoln Center season in more than a decade Wednesday with "Four Corners," a new work by Ronald K.…
Ballet's search for the Next Big Thing can get as frantic as a speed-dating princess. Happily, New York City Ballet's Justin Peck is no frog.
The 25-year-old choreographer has done three pie…
Song and dance aren't always perfect partners. Queen Latifah was the guest of honor at New York City Ballet's spring gala Wednesday, where her singing overshadowed the dancing.
The gala not …
It takes a lot of living to make great art about dying. Stephen Petronio is no longer the hot, young post-modern dancer he was in the late '70s. Now 57, he's something more " a mature artist…
'Ballet is woman," Balanchine famously said, but this spring and summer, the dance world is raining men. One of them is 22-year-old Gentry George, who joined Ailey II last summer. Since then…
It's been a long voyage home for Dance Theatre of Harlem. The trailblazing company Arthur Mitchell founded in 1969 shut down due to lack of funds nine years ago. Opening Wednesday at Jazz at…
Talk about having all the right ingredients: Mark Morris opened his season Wednesday night in his intimate, 150seat theater with live music and a legend" Mikhail Baryshnikov, who joined the …
At American Ballet Theatre, spring means stars. One of the brightest is Muscovite Natalia Osipova, a brash technician overflowing with emotion. Her performance with David Hallberg in "Romeo …
