Of Love and Rage, a co-production with American Ballet Theatre and the National Ballet of Canada, had its world premiere run with ABT in early March at Segerstrom Hall in Costa Mesa, California. The two-act ballet by Alexei Ratmansky — artist-in-residence at ABT — runs approximately two hours and 20 minutes including intermission, with music
By Michael Crabb Toronto’s 2019-2020 dance season was heralded in October by the fifth annual edition of Fall For Dance North, a sampler of Canadian and foreign companies representing everything from meticulously stylized Indian classical dance to no-holds-barred urban moves, frequently with live musical accompaniment. Apart from FFDN’s high profile mainstage shows, made as affordable
By Robert Greskovic American Ballet Theatre’s new two-act production by Alexei Ratmansky of Marius Petipa’s Harlequinade — known at its 1900 premiere in St. Petersburg as Les Millions d’Arlequin, and soon thereafter as Arlekinada — has so far met with a wide range of reactions. Following its world premiere, the New York Times headlined Brian