"La Source", "The Four Temperaments", "The Concert"
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
New York, NY
October 3, 2026 matinee

This performance featured three varied works, one each from the 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s—it is astounding to realize that the most recent one, Balanchine’s “La Source” (1968), is almost 60 years old.  The dancing however was vibrant and fresh, with a number of debuts.  It was a finely balance and varied

Til Glæden
The Royal Ballet
Old Stage, The Royal Theatre
Copenhagen, Denmark
September 16, 2026

It is the desire of artistic director Amy Watson to reinstate Bournonville in the repertoire (he was never really gone, but that is for another day) and make new generations of theatre goers fall in love with the stories and steps of the master himself. Her first attempt at accomplishing this mission is 'Til glæden' ('For the Joy'), a programme of the Jockey Dance, the

Kaleidoscope
Kammerballetten
The Concert Hall at the Royal Danish Academy of Music
Copenhagen, Denmark
August 13, 2026

The dance company Kammerballetten was founded by the chamber music trio Trio Vitruvi in 2018. Since then, Kammerballetten has proven itself to be one of the most exciting elements of the overall dance repertoire in Copenhagen. The first couple of years it was in many ways a well-kept secret playing before the official opening of the season at Takkelloftet, the intimate and

"Lilac Garden", "Ashton Divertissements: Meditation from 'Thaïs', Pas de Trois from 'Les Rendezvous', Pas de Cinq from 'Illuminations', Balcony pas de deux from 'Romeo and Juliet'", "Summertide"

After a year’s absence, the Sarasota Ballet returned to the Joyce with an collection of works by British choreographers.  The program opened with Antony Tudor’s intense, too rarely seen “Lilac Garden”.  Frederick Ashton, the Royal Ballet’s greatest choreographer, many of whose works have been frequently and joyously danced

"Jewels"
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
New York, NY
September 24, 2026

“Jewels” is famously described as a full-length abstract ballet, but that doesn’t mean it’s about nothing, and many of the dancers in this performance gave such detailed and nuanced attention to their performances that there were hints of narratives and emotional arcs that illuminated their dancing in fascinating ways.  The was especially true in "Rubies", where Alexa Maxwell, in her debut

"Jewels"
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
New York, NY
September 23, 2026

NYCB opened its Fall season with a week of performances celebrating the 60th anniversary of the ever-popular “Jewels”, a nod perhaps to its traditional gift of diamonds.  “Jewels” is about more than diamonds, though, it is about mood and atmosphere and in this performance “Emeralds” gleamed the brightest.  Its low-key, slightly melancholy nostalgia will probably never evoke the raucous cheers that

Book: "Clara Gibson Maxwell: Dancing on the Edge"
By Larisa Oancea
The Film Gallery, 2026

Somewhere in the middle of "Clara Gibson Maxwell: Dancing on the Edge," Larisa Oancea quotes her subject's guiding principle: "Context is content." It happens to be a fitting motto for a book that traces a choreographer who has spent decades in conversation with philosophy, architecture, jazz, literature, and somatic practice — and it sets the tone for a biography as restless and wide-ranging as

“Meanwhile”
CARVALHO
Brooklyn, NY
August 8, 2026

Since its summer performance series began, CARVALHO, a contemporary art gallery in Brooklyn, New York, has carved out a special place in the city’s art scene. By combining dance with large-scale installation, curator and gallery founder Jennifer Carvalho has successfully given a gallery home to some of the dance world’s most exciting talent—and seems to have drawn in new dance audiences in the process.

CARVALHO’s latest offering, a

“Swan Lake”
American Ballet Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, NY
July 18, 2026

At the closing performance of American Ballet Theatre’s 2026 summer season, Catherine Hurlin and Isaac Hernández stripped the myth out of "Swan Lake" and danced the leads like two people who could plausibly live down the street from you. Whether the choice was calculated or simply fatigue setting in on a long season, the effect was a unique, if not wholly compelling, reading of the

“Don Quixote”
American Ballet Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House
New York, NY
July 7, 2026

Though it was promoted as a new production, Susan Jaffe’s new staging of “Don Quixote” for American Ballet Theatre proved to be more of a touch-up, and mostly in the wrong spots. It may have tied the ballet more closely to its titular character – something no one had really complained was missing over the last century – but Jaffe, working together with Susan Jones, missed

Program B: American Heartbeat - County and Western
"Home (Excerpt 1)", "Deck of Cards", "Home" (Excerpt 2"), "Songs that Tell a Story", "Home" (Excerpt 3)", "Going Away Party"
Program C: American Mavericks - West Coast Composers
"Prelude and Prelude", "Jenn and Spencer", "Pacific", "Grand Duo"
Mark Morris Dance Group
The Joyce Theater
New York, NY 
July 21, 2026 (Program C), July 23, 2026 (Program B)

Programs B and C of Mark Morris’s all-American music season had distinctly different approaches.

“Swan Lake”
American Ballet Theatre
The Metropolitan Opera House
New York, NY
June 19 and July 18 (matinee), 2026

Much has been written about the splendor of Chloe Misseldine's dancing in American Ballet Theatre's "Swan Lake" over the past couple of years, including the debut that led to her onstage promotion, but little of it prepares one for the nuance of the live experience. In her third season dancing the dual roles of Odette/Odile, Misseldine has refined