I love a clean and pure Balanchine piece and that is what Robbins/The Concert opens with. I also love the New Yorker cartoonesque nature of The Concert as well. However, I didn’t love this mixed bill by Boston Ballet. As I often do, I received tickets to Robbins/The Concert for review and I would still…
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Beyond Waiting in the Wings: Boston Ballet School’s Next Generation
I was once a small child waiting in the wings. The heat and glow of the stage lights pressing against my face as I waited for the music’s cue to step out onto the small stage at the University of Waterloo at Carousel Dance with an audience full of eager and anxious parents and distracted…
Thrill of Contact: Boston Ballet’s Season Finishes with Agility, Grace and Guffaws
This year, Boston Ballet gave their mixed bill programs titles to highlight a common thread among each of the varied works on the bill. These titles gave you a sense of what to expect, but allowed the programs to span the decades and step in and out of different styles of music, dance, costumes, and choreographic…
Episodes with Mr. B: Boston Ballet’s Shades of Sound
Boston Ballet’s Shades of Sound, as I mentioned in my previous post, is a three course meal. For me, watching Episodes, was like biting into something familiar but then not quite understanding what it was. Episodes was choreographed by George Balanchine (Mr. B) and premiered in May of 1959 with the New York City Ballet. Episodes is made…
Boston Ballet’s Jewels: Three Gems
Both my children appreciate a little “fancy”. Whether it is dressing up for a special occasion, or having just the right accessory, these little things matter. It is the frivolous and unimportant things that are important sometimes. You don’t have to be a 5 year old girl to appreciate the twirling, dreamy, glittery, playfulness of…
Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters 