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Sparrow by Artistic Director Stanton Welch had its world premiere Thursday night. Credit: Photo by Lawrence Elizabeth Knox In a night filled with the ethereal beauty and other worldliness of La ...
This story was originally published by ArtsATL. “La Sylphide,” which Atlanta Ballet presented last weekend at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, is a Romantic ballet blanc (white ballet), with all ...
This story was originally published by ArtsATL. Atlanta Ballet opens its 2023-24 season this weekend with “La Sylphide,” which the company last performed in 2019. While “La Sylphide,” choreographed by ...
Houston Ballet’s final program of the season felt forward-looking on Saturday, even though “La Sylphide” is the ultimate museum piece and Stanton Welch’s new “Sparrow,” the company’s fourth premiere ...
Fairies flit, witches curse, and peasants race across the Scottish highlands in a colorfully scored romantic intrigue. It's the stuff of high fantasy managed best by the grand ballet, and this weekend ...
Philadelphia Ballet closed its 2024-25 season with a bit of escapism and a touch of history. Artistic director Angel Corella paired La Sylphide, a Romantic-era ballet from the 1830s, with Études, a ...
3 ICYMI: Meet the Next On Stage: Season 6 Finalists The two-act La Sylphide can be a bit of a challenge for contemporary audiences as it predates Marius Petipa's innovations which essentially created ...
Unlike musical scores or theatrical plays, ballets are rarely, if ever, written down. The lineage of the longest-lived classics can be traced through dancers who have shared their knowledge of pivotal ...