Posts Tagged ‘ballet’
Footloose
Recent dance programs by two local troupes hit different highs and lows.Stage
Metropolitan Classical Ballet came to grief with two new ballets at Bass Performance Hall last weekend, but Ballet Concerto’s Summer Dance Concert in Trinity Park ended as dance entertainment at its best.
Playin’ with the Band
Big TicketMetropolitan Classical Ballet brings the dance season to a close this weekend with a double bill of new works by company co-directors Paul Mejia and Alexander Vetrov.
Wonderful
Texas Ballet Theater’s take on a classic fairytale gets high marks.Stage
Lewis Carroll’s 1865 book The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland has been adapted a number of times in a number of ways, including dance — but not always well.
Death Becomes Them
Mozart’s Requiem isn’t all gloomy in TBT’s hands, er, feet.Stage
In his six years with Texas Ballet Theater, artistic director Ben Stevenson has led the company back from the abyss.
Death in Dallas
Big TicketBen Stevenson’s first major new ballet in several years will be unveiled at the Majestic Theater in Dallas this weekend.
Shoestring Budget
Though underfunded, Metropolitan Classical Ballet proves with its latest outings that it can still tackle Russian repertory, no matter how elaborate.Leonard Eureka
Every time Metropolitan Classical Ballet goes onstage, the Arlington-based, Russian-influenced company dances a fine line between ambition and reality. Co-directors Paul Mejia and Alexander Vetrov are tops in their fields and h...
From Bolshoi to Broadway
Big TicketMetropolitan Classical Ballet greets the spring with a double bill of old and new ballets.
Lost in thought and balletic reverie
KulturTo a lot of viewers and critics, the title Lost has become a bad pun on the show itself.
Sweet Feet
Big TicketTexas Ballet Theater takes its annual look at shorter repertory pieces this weekend with four works.