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Despite warnings from choreographers as illustrious as Balanchine that mating dance with Mozart was asking for trouble, Mark Morris engaged with the celestial composer last summer to create the program-length “Mozart Dances” for Lincoln Center’s Mostly Mozart Festival. Having enjoyed a great success, the work is back in the Festival August 15th-18th, telecast by PBS’s Live From Lincoln Center on the 16th. Here’s what I wrote about the premiere.

This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on August 18, 2006. Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) — At the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, through tomorrow, the San Francisco-based Smuin Ballet entertains the summertime audience with veteran choreographer Michael Smuin’s showbiz flair. The curtain raiser, “Bluegrass/Slyde,” to down-home music, is a cheery athletic piece […]

This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on July 27, 2006. July 27 (Bloomberg) — If there’s such a thing as a postmodern pastoral, Mark Morris has created it. His three-act ballet “Sylvia,” choreographed for the San Francisco Ballet in 2004, received its New York premiere last night as the centerpiece […]

This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on July 21, 2006. July 21 (Bloomberg) — Saburo Teshigawara, who performs his “Bones in Pages” at the Rose Theater through Saturday as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, is billed as choreographer, dancer, designer and collaborating composer. You might also call the visitor […]

This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on July 13, 2006. July 13 (Bloomberg) — Auburn-haired, with a porcelain complexion, a willowy grace and a wistful air, Julie Kent has magically retained the appeal of a young romantic heroine. The dancer, who turns 37 this week, will celebrate her 20th anniversary […]

This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on July 13, 2006. July 13 (Bloomberg) — Last time I saw Elizabeth Streb, years ago, she had her dancers throwing themselves at walls. One of them was slightly injured at that performance, and I never went back. It seemed to me that, unlike […]

This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on July 14, 2006. July 14 (Bloomberg) –The Israeli dancer-choreographer Emanuel Gat brings his small troupe to the Lincoln Center Festival in a pair of works set to dangerously challenging scores. “Winter Voyage” uses three songs from Schubert’s bleak, poignant “Die Winterreise.” Two big […]

American Ballet Theatre is at the Metropolitan Opera House through July 7. From June 1 – June 8 it will offer a new production of the hallowed Petipa-Tchaikovsky “Sleeping Beauty.” Many a hand has attempted to “renew” this landmark ballet or, conversely, to return to the shape of the 1890 original. Here’s my account of England’s Royal Ballet’s most recent effort, seen at Kennedy Center last summer.

This article originally appeared in the Culture section of Bloomberg News on July 7, 2006. July 7 (Bloomberg) — American Ballet Theatre’s three-act pirate ballet “Le Corsaire,” at the Metropolitan Opera House this weekend, simply wants to entertain you. Its local color is lavish: the exotic bazaars of Turkey, the high and dangerous seas. Crammed […]