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The Kennedy Center Presents Ballet Across America featuring Dance Theatre of Harlem and Miami City Ballet
The Kennedy Center presents the Ballet Across America series for the fifth time with a focus on women leadership in dance. Virginia Johnson and Lourdes Lopez, Artistic Directors of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Miami City Ballet, respectively, showcase their companies in individual programs as well as one evening of a special shared celebration program. The shared program…
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The Kennedy Center Presents Ballet West in The Nutcracker
Ballet West returns to The Kennedy Center for the first time since 2014 with Willam Christensen’s The Nutcracker, America’s longest-running full-length production. Originally choreographed in 1944 for San Francisco Ballet, this holiday classic has been part of the company’s repertoire since its founding in 1963 by Christensen. It takes children of all ages on Clara’s…
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Review of DEMO by Damian Woetzel: Gathering
October 29, 2018 Various DEMO by Damian Woetzel: Gathering Washington D.C. DEMO is unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Produced by Damian Woetzel of New York City Ballet fame (and newly-appointed president of The Julliard School), DEMO is a Kennedy Center theatre experience where neither the performers nor the audience know exactly what to expect. And…
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San Francisco Ballet Review: Evoking the Past While Looking Ahead
October 26, 2018 San Francisco Ballet Unbound: A Festival of New Works (Program B) Washington D.C. It is a luxury to be able to see six works by one company in the span of only four days. The Kennedy Center bet big including San Francisco Ballet‘s Unbound program in their 2018-2019 line-up; not because the company…
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San Francisco Ballet Review: Unbound Shows No Limits
October 23, 2018 San Francisco Ballet Unbound: A Festival of New Works (Program A) Washington D.C. It’s an exciting evening to be at the theater. Not only is it San Francisco Ballet’s opening night performance of the much-anticipated East Coast premiere of Unbound: A Festival of New Works, but it’s the launch of the 2018-2019…