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Dance Preview: DANCE ME — THE MUSIC OF LEONARD COHEN (Ballets Jazz Montréal / Chicago)
HALLELUJAH! DANCE ME HAS ARRIVED Ballets Jazz Montréal brings Leonard Cohen’s haunting songs and poetry to the Auditorium Theatre for one night only On November 7, 2026, the 10th anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death, Ballets Jazz Montréal brings Dance Me: The Music of Leonard Cohen to Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre for its Chicago debut. Commissioned under…
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Dance Review: PAS DE DEUX (American Contemporary Ballet / Los Angeles)
TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT Balanchine and a new Lincoln Jones ballet explore the variety of twos American Contemporary Ballet’s fall program, running through this weekend, explores the pas de deux, a dance for two, featuring works from George Balanchine, staged by Zippora Karz, and a new piece from ACB Director Lincoln Jones. First was…
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Dance Review: Aa | aB: BEND (Aszure Barton and Ambrose Akinmusire at Lincoln Center / New York)
VIBES, SERVED MEDIUM Barton’s dancers and Akinmusire’s live trumpet create a seductive atmosphere that ultimately offers too little variety Last night I attended a performance of Aa | aB: BEND (Aszure Barton and Ambrose Akinmusire) at the Rose Theater at Lincoln Center. The show consists of around one hour of dancing to a score and…
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Dance Review: LONDON CITY BALLET (The Joyce Theater / New York)
FROM DEVILISH FOOTWORK TO GHOSTLY MEMORIES A richly varied program moves from dazzling virtuosity to poignant reflections on loss and artistic memory Christopher Marney’s London City Ballet is back at The Joyce with a program that travels from virtuoso display to profound introspection. I caught the first program, an attractive mix of established masters and…
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Dance Review: OSCAR (Australian Ballet / Cal Performances / Berkeley)
A PORTRAIT PAINTED IN DANCE A luminous ballet of love and loss The Australian Ballet, founded in 1962, is now the largest classical ballet company in Australia. The company recently toured North America, making only two stops, in Berkeley and New York City. At Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus, this amazing and gifted…
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Dance Review: LITTLE WOMEN BALLET (Autumn Immersive Experience / Heritage Square Museum)
LITTLE WOMEN, GRAND AMBITIONS Literature, ballet, and Los Angeles history come together in an enchanting visit to the world of the March sisters With the publication of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) established a new literary genre, the autobiographical novel, and set a standard for feminine creations in literature, one where they were no…
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Dance Review: OSCAR (The Australian Ballet at New York City Center)
A KISS, A SIGH, BUT WHERE’S THE DANCE? Christopher Wheeldon’s Oscar Wilde ballet offers a moving story and striking imagery, but too little of the athletic movement that makes ballet thrilling Ah, the biopic ballet. This time, it’s Oscar, the story of the life of Oscar Wilde, performed by The Australian Ballet on tour this…
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Dance Review: DANCE THEATRE OF HARLEM (The National Theatre / Washington, D.C.)
FLIGHT, FLAIR, AND FIRE Three strikingly different ballets showcase Dance Theatre of Harlem’s range, from classical precision to Caribbean splendor and R&B exuberance Dance Theatre of Harlem’s performance in Washington, D.C., co-presented by Washington Performing Arts, was an exhilarating celebration of artistry, culture, music, and movement. The program brought together three very different works, Return,…
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Dance Review: LILIOM (Joffrey Ballet / Chicago)
A BLUE-SKY BALLET WITH A DARK HEART John Neumeier turns a brutal tale of love, violence and redemption into an exquisite and haunting ballet The first thing you notice on stage when you walk into the theater is a small slice of startling blue sky in a sea of grey: a window into a different…
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COUNTRY SWING INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATION: WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO GET CERTIFIED
A Country Swing instructor certification prepares you to teach lively, partner-friendly swing classes with confidence. At Country Fusion®, you can train online or at a live event, learning technique, musicality, partner flow, and instructor skills, then launch your classes with training videos, curated playlists, and choreography support. What Is Country Swing? Country Swing is an…
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Dance Preview: GLORYA KAUFMAN PRESENTS DANCE AT THE MUSIC CENTER 2026–27 (L.A.)
FIVE REASONS TO KEEP YOUR DANCING SHOES HANDY A season with remarkably little overlap If you like your dance seasons varied, The Music Center is making it difficult to pick a favorite for 2026–2027. The 24th season of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center ranges from Jerome Robbins and The Sleeping Beauty to…
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Dance Preview: DRACULA, A DARK SHADOW (State Street Ballet / Santa Barbara)
BALLET GOES FOR THE THROAT Nicolas Blanc sets Stoker in motion to the hypnotic pulse of Philip Glass Dracula has conquered the page, the screen and just about every other corner of popular culture. This Halloween, the Count is coming for ballet. State Street Ballet gives him the full treatment in Dracula, a dark shadow,…
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Dance Preview: FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL (New York City Center)
A WORLD OF DANCE IN TEN DAYS Eleven premieres and an extraordinary range of artists make New York City Center’s annual festival one of the season’s most rewarding events. For more than two decades, New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival has been one of New York’s most welcome annual traditions, offering audiences the…
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Dance Review: DON QUIXOTE (American Ballet Theatre / Metropolitan Opera House / New York)
VIVA DON QUIXOTE! A joyful production welcomes seasoned ballet lovers and newcomers alike For many people today, going to see a ballet is a fun idea that no longer has the air of distancing class systems and forbidding hierarchy. Gone are the days when prevailing wisdom said classical dance can only truly be appreciated by…
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Dance Review: ESCAPE (DIAVOLO / Los Angeles)
DEFYING GRAVITY, DEPENDING ON TRUST DIAVOLO’s acrobatic spectacle turns movement, risk and collaboration into something exhilaratingly human DIAVOLO is currently presenting ESCAPE, a visceral, intimate work following 22 remarkably agile performers as they struggle to break free from a chaotic world. Set to music by Harry Styles, Pink Floyd and Alicia Keys, the production combines gravity-defying…
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Dance Review: EUGENE ONEGIN (Joffrey Ballet)
FROM PAGE TO PAS DE DEUX Possokhov’s adaptation captures Pushkin’s aching tale of missed chances and irreversible choices Alexander Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin is so deeply embedded in Russian culture that generations of schoolchildren have memorized passages from it. Yet familiarity is no guarantee against heartbreak. Yuri Possokhov‘s ballet adaptation—a co-production with San Francisco Ballet now…
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Theater Review: LOVE JOY RESISTANCE (Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, Auditorium Theatre Chicago)
THIRTY YEARS DEEP, STILL REACHING HIGHER Deeply Rooted celebrates its past while boldly pointing toward the future Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre (DRDT) initiated its hard-fought existence exactly thirty years ago when it was a small company intent on celebrating the unique cultural contributions of Black America through dance. Now, three decades later, its success allows…
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Dance Review: SPECTACULAR BALANCHINE! (American Contemporary Ballet / Los Angeles)
BALANCHINE IN A BOX ACB proves intimacy can be both an asset and a liability George Balanchine said he needed nothing but a stage, some light, and dancers. He also had the New York City Ballet, a full orchestra, and the State Theater. He had, more to the point, spent forty years teaching Americans what…
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Dance Review: MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS (Scottish Ballet / David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center)
HEAVY IS THE CROWN Scottish Ballet’s ambitious historical epic dazzles in moments while struggling under the weight of its story How much do you know about Mary, Queen of Scots? If you’re anything like me, the answer is: not very much. Perhaps you’ve heard of Mary primarily as a foil to her English cousin, Elizabeth…
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Dance Preview: SPECTACULAR BALANCHINE! (American Contemporary Ballet / Los Angeles)
WHEN BALLET BECAME AMERICAN American Contemporary Ballet celebrates the choreographer who traded princes and swans for jazz, swagger, and pure fun Before George Balanchine arrived in America, ballet belonged largely to princes, princesses, fairy tales, and European courts. Within a generation, he transformed it into something unmistakably American. Balanchine understood that Americans moved differently. They…
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