Essays on the Performing Arts
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The Attack of the Exhibits, Starring a Spooky Piano
Mark Morris’s Looky. Photograph: Michael Lutch.
Let Young Waste Youth; Baryshnikov Doesn’t Need It
Mikhail Baryshnikov and colleagues rehearsing Aszure Barton’s Come In. Photograph: Andrea Mohin.
Veteran’s ‘Giselle,’ Full of Spontaneity, and No Apologies
Nina Ananiashvili as Giselle in the State Ballet of Georgia production of Giselle. Photograph: Christopher Cappozziello.
Shakespeare’s Doomed Lovers, Acting and Dancing
Angel Corella and Diana Vishneva as Romeo and Juliet in American Ballet Theatre’s production of Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet. Photograph: Erin Baiano.
From Realm of Pure Dance to Enchanted Fairyland
Herman Cornejo as Puck in The Dream. Photograph: Andrea Mohin.
Wake Up, Princess, the Movies Are Calling
Marcelo Gomes and Veronika Part in the Awakening of “The Sleeping Beauty”. Photograph: Andrea Mohin.
Gliding Through the Classics With a Sample of What’s Ahead
Sasha Radetsky and Stella Abrera in Brian Reeder’s “Lady’s Choice”. Photograph: Richard Termine.
Portraits in Grief After Graham and Jungian Torment in Greek Legends
Miki Orihara and Yuko Giannakis of the Martha Graham Dance Company performing in the Aszure Barton section of "Lamentation Variations". Photograph: Nan Melville.
They’ll Take the Stairs and Defy Some Gravity
“Accounting for Customs”, by Reggie Wilson and Andrey’s Ouamba. Photograph: Nan Melville.
Save the Last Dance for Covent Garden
Darcey Bussell taking curtain calls after her June 2007 farewell performance at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Photograph: Johan Persson.
Romeos and Juliets: Young, Impetuous, ‘for Real’
Seth Orza and Kathryn Morgan; middle, Sean Suozzi and Tiler Peck; and bottom, Allen Peiffer and Erica Pereira in the title roles of Peter Martins’s “Romeo + Juliet”. Photographs: Paul Kolnik.
Those Star-Crossed Lovers With Sun-Splashed Colors
Sterling Hyltin and Robert Fairchild in the title roles of Peter Martins’s “Romeo and Juliet”. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.
One Composer, Two Choreographers, Three Geniuses
Wendy Whelan in George Balanchine’s “Mozartiana”. Photograph: Paul Kolnik
From Mr. Masterpiece, International Odds and Ends
Maria Kowroski and Albert Evans in George Balanchine’s “Bugaku”. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.
In Three Visions of Balanchine, Charm, Romance and Drama
George Balanchine’s “Walpurgisnacht Ballet”
The Many Lives of a Dancer, Explored Upon the Stage
Kyra Nichols in George Balanchine’s “Mozartiana”
Photograph: Paul Kolnik
