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Boston Ballet in Ken Ossola's 'The Space Between'. Photo by Rosalie O'Connor, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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The beauty in enigma: Boston Ballet’s ‘Spring Experience’

May 12, 2024.Citizens Bank Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. “I’m here, I did it,” I thought as I settled into my seat...

Byron Tittle, Christine Flores, Kara Chan and Ricky Ubeda in 'Illinoise' at Park Avenue Armory, 2024. Photo by Stephanie Berger.

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Nominations for Tony Awards 2024 have been announced

The 2024 Tony Awards nominations have been announced. Winners of the 77th annual Tony Awards, which recognize the best in live Broadway...

Boston Ballet's Seo Hye Han in Sir Frederick Ashton's 'Cinderella'. Photo by Liza Voll, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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A nostalgic classic in 2024: Boston Ballet’s ‘Cinderella’

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.March 16, 2024. The classic Disney canon is nostalgic for many of this reviewer’s generation. Maybe we...

Boston Ballet in Helen Pickett's 'Petal'. Photo by Liza Voll, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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Building a world within a dance: Boston Ballet’s ‘Winter Experience’

Boston Opera House, Boston, MA.February 25, 2024. World-building is commonly discussed in the art forms of literature, film and television – yet...

Boston Ballet in My'Kal Stromile's 'Form and Gesture'. Photo by Theik Smith, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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A broad and vibrant palate of dance: Boston Ballet’s ‘Fall Experience’

CitiBank Opera House, Boston, MA.October 8, 2023. As a critic, my late summer comes with investigating and anticipating my favorite companies’ imminent...

NYCB's Indiana Woodward, Taylor Stanley and Company in Justin Peck's 'Everywhere We Go'. Photo by Erin Baiano.

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New York City Ballet announces 2023 Winter Season

New York City Ballet (NYCB)’s 2023 Winter Season will open on Tuesday, January 17, with an all-Balanchine program consisting of Donizetti Variations,...

Chyrstyn Fentroy and Paul Craig in Helen Pickett's '月夜 Tsukiyo'. Photo by Rosalie O'Connor, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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The 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...

Chyrstyn Fentroy and Roddy Doble in William Forsythe's 'Blake Works 1'. Photo by Angela Sterling, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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Boston 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...

New York City Ballet in George Balanchine's 'Rubies', part of the 2022 Stravinsky Festival. Photo by Erin Baiano.

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New York City Ballet 2022 Spring Season opens April 19

New York City Ballet (NYCB)’s 2022 Spring Season will open on Tuesday, April 19, with a program featuring two works by the...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Jamar Roberts' 'Holding Space'. Photo by Christopher Duggan.

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Soulfulness in motion: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Fall 2021 All Access Season

Various premiere dates.Available streaming at Ailey All Access. Movement has the potential to convey soulfulness — the strength and resilience, the depths...

Emily Hoff and Boston Ballet in Lex Ishimoto's 'What Happens If...'. Photo by Brooke Trisolini, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

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Boston 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...