Rachel’s blog @ View Rachel @ Juilliard Dance | Published: September 24, 2012 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus Photo by Paul Kolnick: Robert Fairchild in “Apollo” NEW YORK – Opening night of New York City Ballet’s fall season on Sept. 18 launched the company’s two-week homage to the groundbreaking collaboration between Stravinsky and legendary choreographer George Balanchine. The season runs through Sept. 30, with twelve Balanchine ballets to […] Published: February 27, 2012 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus NEW YORK — Back in 1996, when Les Ballets Monte Carlo made its U.S. debut, its artistic director Jean-Christophe Maillot was perceived as having the most American looking of European ballet companies. New York Times dance critic Anna Kisselgoff described BMC’s offerings as “neoclassical.” This was code for Balanchine, whose work the […] Published: November 14, 2011 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus NEW YORK — Like her legendary predecessor Anna Pavlova, Nina Ananiashvili is that rare ballet dancer whose powers don’t weaken with age. Pavlova toured the world performing “Dying Swan” into her forties; Ananiashvili, now 46, graced the Avery Fisher Hall stage on Nov. 5 as the Swan, one of four works danced […] |