Tag: The Washington Ballet
Review: VelocityDC Dance Festival
Velocity is speed with purpose: a change in distance over time, crucially defined by direction. The VelocityDC Dance Festival took us in many. In...
Review: ‘The Little Mermaid’ at Imagination Stage
Imagination Stage, in collaboration with The Washington Ballet, presents the world premiere of The Little Mermaid. This creative partnership follows the highly acclaimed award-winning production...
Review: ‘Hamlet’ at The Washington Ballet
Hamlet, a modern, dramatic contemporary ballet based on William Shakespeare’s original, The Tragedie of Hamlet, published in 1603 premieres in The Kennedy Center. An...
Review: ‘Bizet’s Carmen in Havana’ at The In Series
The In Series wows again with one of their trademark reimaginings: Carmen in Havana, which takes the essential scenes from Bizet’s classic and adds...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2015 #14: Dance Performances
Here is Rick Westerkamp, Lisa Traiger, Samantha Machar, Madeline Duff, and Yasmeen Enahora's Best Performances in Dance honors:
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performing Hofesh...
‘The Nutcracker’ at The Washington Ballet at The Warner Theatre
Resplendent visions of sugarplums danced both on the Warner Theatre stage and in the heads of hundreds of hardy multi-generational audience members Friday evening when the Washington...
‘Tour-de-Force: Serenade’ at The Washington Ballet at The Kennedy Center
The dancers, dusted in long, white tulle, reflect—shells on a dark beach. It is an opening, a closing, a commencement, an ending. Arms raise....
The Washington Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ at The Kennedy Center
Swooning over the first ‘Swan’
Step aside, Baryshnikov. There’s a new kid on the block and he’s taking the dance world by storm. The Washington...
Nibbles and Sips: ‘Christmas Thrills And Chills For Every Theatregoer’
One of the best ways I know of to get excited about the Christmas season is to get thyself (and thy family) to the...
A Duo of Dance and Comedy: Arts Collective @ HCC’s ‘Hallow-Scream’...
The late Alan M. Kriegsman once told dance critics at a conference that a “laundry list” of reviews should be avoided at all costs....
‘Peter Pan’ at The Washington Ballet at The Kennedy Center
If you have a child or grandchild you’d like to introduce to ballet, does The Washington Ballet have a show for you. Artistic Director...
We Are Giving Away 2 Pairs of Tickets to Washington Ballet’s...
WE HAVE 2 PAIRS OF TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY TO THE WASHINGTON BALLET'S PRODUCTION OF SEPTIME WEBRE'S
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Matt Baughman’s ‘Matt’s Movie Rank Tank’ Debuts on DCMTA by Matt...
Hello and welcome to the inaugural post of “Matt’s Movie Rank Tank.” But first things first, allow myself to introduce…myself (Points to anyone who...
The Washington Ballet’s ‘Blues/Jazz Project’ at Sydney Harman Hall by Carolyn...
DC Ballet shakes up expectations
Yes, even classical ballerinas let their hair down once in a while. They relish tossing off those stiff upper body...
‘Giselle’ at The Washington Ballet by Carolyn Kelemen
The Washington Ballet gave us the willies in a haunting production of Giselle on All Hallow’s Eve.
Dressed in midnight black, artistic director Septime Webre...
Favorite ‘Scene Stealers’ of the 2012-2013 DC Area Theater Season: Part...
There were many wonderful Scene Stealing moments on DC Metro Area stages in our professional, community, children's, and university theaters during the past theater season (August 1,...
‘Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises’ at The Washington Ballet at The...
Whisk mom to the Washington Ballet for a heady trip of Hemingway
Forget flowers. Candy is passé. What most mothers want on their special day...
‘Cinderella’ at The Washington Ballet at The Kennedy Center by Colleen...
The Washington Ballet's production of Cinderella at the Kennedy Center is fun for the whole family. All the elements of storytelling combine, with incredibly...
‘Stars and Stripes: Tour-de-Force’ at The Washington Ballet at Sydney Harman...
The Saturday matinee performance of Stars and Stripes: Tour-de-Force was, indeed, a tour de force for The Washington Ballet, the dancers, choreographers, and anyone else...
‘Dracula’ at The Washington Ballet by Carolyn Kelemen
The Redskins may be in a slump but The Washington Ballet has never looked better. The nation’s capital premier ballet troupe is beginning its...