by Kaija Pepper Louise Lecavalier is a true diva of dance, a small powerhouse who blazes across the stage and brings audiences to their feet. She performs in such a frank manner it looks tossed off, though the richly textured array of force and momentum she embodies is the result of a lifetime of dedication.
by Kaija Pepper When the pas de deux are so sweet, the cast of characters so engaging and the design so fetching, there is every reason to welcome another Romeo and Juliet to ballet’s Shakespearean canon. Stanton Welch has given Houston Ballet a passion-filled, action-packed journey into doomed, young love. Welch, an Australian who has
by Hannele Jyrkkä Tero Saarinen’s Kullervo provides a whole new take on the figure of Kullervo from The Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. Saarinen’s elaborate production, premiered by the Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki in February, fearlessly examines expansive national themes, combining interpretive dance, operatic expression and vocal symphony, placing them all on an equal