Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with delightful music from Felix Mendelssohn, is a crowd pleaser for sure. The choreographer himself must have had fond memories of when he performed, as PNB artistic director notes in his April 12, 2011 post in “Director’s Notebook,” as an eight-year-old bug in a St. Petersburg production. With staging by…
Tag: Dance criticism
Nutcracker Season
Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the Nutcracker season, and the time we writers reach far and deep to comment, critique, profile, feature, and elevate the famed Nutcracker. In truth, there’s plenty to write about. It’s one of classical ballet’s anthems of movement, and after 100+ years, still evokes seasonal feelings of nostalgia and appreciation for…