Men in Drag, Flying Citrus, and a Smattering of Bling: Boston Ballet’s...
You might think I’m referring to the show on my side of the river at the American Repertory Theatre: The Donkey Show when you see: men in drag, flying fruit, and little bling here and there, but I’m...
View ArticleEdge of Vision: Boston Ballet Leaps off the Edge of the Expected
The sweet deep voice of the cello, the feeling of heaviness on your body as night falls and tiredness overcomes you, the joy of celebration, and the sound of an Irish jig, are all familiar to us. It...
View ArticleKaleidoscope: Boston Ballet’s Spring Fever
Okay, so it is snowing outside, and we’re all half-heartedly grumbling. The truth is, we know we’ve been spoiled this winter and this little last hurrah of a snow fall is nothing we can’t handle....
View ArticleMirror Mirror On the Wall Who’s the Fiercest of Them All?
Boston Ballet in Karole Armitage’s Bitches Brew; photo by Gene Schiavone, courtesy Boston Ballet Even though Swan Lake is still on, Boston Ballet’s Mirrors has also opened and like Odette and Odile the...
View ArticlePrincesses & Pirates vs Sugarplums & Soldiers: Boston Ballet’s Le Corsaire
Maria Barano in Ivan Liška’s Le Corsaire Photo by Liza Voll courtesy of Boston Ballet I know! I know ! “Nutcracker is a tradition!” you exclaim. Do you know how many “traditions” get stale and are...
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