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232ReviewsBoston Ballet’s 2022 ‘Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker’: Treasuring tradition
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.December 18th, 2022, 1:30 PM Holiday traditions: bright lights downtown, going to get a Christmas tree with...
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151ReviewsThe beat goes on: Boston Ballet’s ‘My Obsession’
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. October 9, 2022. I had Sonny and Cher “The Beat Goes On” in my head after enjoying Boston Ballet’s My...
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488Feature ArticlesWhy I wear Só Dança
We all have a favorite food, a favorite hoodie, a favorite TV show, a favorite song. We find comfort in these favorite...
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344ReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘MINDscape’: Beyond outside the lines
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.May 15, 2022. “Draw outside the lines,” they tell aspiring artists: an encouragement to find a unique...
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629Feature ArticlesYouth America Grand Prix gala to benefit Ukraine dancers
Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), the world’s largest ballet scholarship competition, will host its 2022 Season Finals and Benefit Gala in Tampa, FL,...
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704Feature Articles2022 Vail Dance Festival announces exciting lineup
The Vail Dance Festival, a project of the nonprofit Vail Valley Foundation, has officially announced plans for its 34th season scheduled to...
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417ReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘ChoreograpHER’: Steps toward change
CitiBank Opera House, Boston, MA.March 6, 2022. “Actions speak louder than words,” goes the old saying. In recent years the world has...
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1.5KReviewsWhat’s changed and what hasn’t: Boston Ballet’s ‘Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker’ 2021
Citizens Bank Boston Opera House, Boston, MA.November 28, 2021. As live performances have returned to theaters this year, many questions have lingered...
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789ReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘reSTART’: Pleasant dance for tough times
October 28-November 7, 2021.Available through BB at Home. For not the first time since March 2020, I logged on to watch a...
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1.5KFeature ArticlesBoston Ballet launches online content hub ÜNI
Boston Ballet gave birth to its latest creative venture recently with the launch of ÜNI, an online performance content hub, free to all....
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1.4KDance HealthBrand new app Help4Dancers has launched to help dancers with physical and mental well-being
A brand-new free mobile app is aiming to help dancers from across the globe become mentally fit and emotionally strong by building resilience from the...
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2.0KFeature ArticlesWhat we created, how we’ll go forward: 5 trends of COVID dance
I love reviewing dance. Since 2015, I’ve reviewed — on average — about one performance a week, for this very publication. In...
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1.5KReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘Process and Progress’: A capstone program
Available through www.bostonballet.org.May 12-26, 2021. The 2020-21 season has been anything but easy for dance companies. Yet, in their own ways, they’ve found...
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2.1KFeature ArticlesSan Diego’s Rosin Box Project gains traction in southern California and beyond
Sometimes, the best laid plans just don’t work out. And sometimes, they work out far better than expected. “Plans” is, perhaps, an...
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5.2KReviewsNow and then: Boston Ballet’s ‘Celebrating Jorma Elo’
February 25-March 7.Through bostonballet.org/bbatyourhome. Dance doesn’t exist in a vacuum, evidently enough; what came before is either a foundation or something to...
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3.4KFeature ArticlesMaking contact: COVID dance bubbles across the concert scene
The restrictions that COVID-19 has brought to the workplace have been difficult for everyone, in any field. But how do dancers, whose careers revolve...
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2.2KFeature ArticlesThe state of the dance industry through COVID: Checking back in
Back in May, Dance Informa spoke with nine leaders at top U.S. dance companies — Boston Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, A.I.M by Kyle...
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1.9KReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘The Gift’: Redefining traditions
December 17-27, 2020.Accessible through BB@yourhome. They say there’s a first for everything, and — as years go — 2020 was a first...
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2.0KReviews‘Forsythe Elements’ in Boston Ballet’s BB@yourhome: Questioning what ballet and performance can be
November 19-29, 2020.Streamed on bostonballet.org through subscription. I remember the first time I saw a William Forsythe work. It was obviously ballet,...
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1.9KTips & AdviceRachel Cossar: Choreography for Business
It is no secret that dancers around the world are finding themselves in uncharted territory. Whether it is taking a class virtually...
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3.7KFeature ArticlesBoston Ballet reimagines 2020-21 season
Boston Ballet is committed to the safety and welfare of its dancers, musicians, stagers, artisans, faculty, administrative staff, volunteers and audiences. Given...
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2.6KFeature ArticlesDance life in quarantine: Lia Cirio affirms we can rise above together
Boston Ballet Principal Lia Cirio is honest about the difficulty of being a dancer in COVID times; the mental and physical toll...
