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Dada Masilo, who fused ballet with African dance, dies at 39

The Philadelphia Tribune 31 Dec 2024
Dada Masilo, a South African dancer and choreographer known for injecting African dance into bold, unconventional interpretations of classical ballets like “Swan Lake” and “Giselle,” died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, in Johannesburg. She was 39 ....
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The Trocks, an All-Male Comic Ballet Troupe in Drag, Turn 50

New York Times 16 Dec 2024
The Trocks were never interested in making a political statement, their artistic director said. “We are men doing performances of ballet in drag for comedic purposes.” ... .
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Vanessa Bell, of the Bloomsbury Group, Gets a Show of Her Own

New York Times 08 Nov 2024
Vanessa Bell is often best remembered for the creative milieu she cultivated, but a new exhibition of her work makes a case for her as a groundbreaking artist ... .
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The Australian Ballet’s ‘Oscar,’ Ventures Into New Romantic Territory

New York Times 23 Oct 2024
The Australian Ballet’s premiere of “Oscar,” based on the life of Oscar Wilde, explores the love relationship between two men ... .
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‘Coppelia’ at 50: When City Ballet Took a Turn for ‘Fun and Funny’

New York Times 23 Sep 2024
Original cast members look back at George Balanchine and Alexandra Danilova’s staging of the 19th-century ballet. “Everyone knows when something is good,” one said ... .
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‘La Maison’: Like ‘Succession,’ but Better Dressed (and French)

New York Times 20 Sep 2024
The new Apple TV+’s new series takes the viewer inside two rival Paris fashion houses, with gorgeous people in gorgeous clothes who will do anything for power ... .
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A (Very) Belated Donizetti Premiere in South Africa

New York Times 17 Sep 2024
The 1838 score for “Dalinda,” which uses chunks of “Lucrezia Borgia,” was found in Naples in 2019. A student company in Cape Town just gave the first staged performance ... .
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At Montpellier Danse, Leaning Into New Work as the Void Looms

New York Times 25 Jun 2024
The festival, the final one for its longtime director, started with a bravura work by Wayne McGregor that was at once otherworldly and deeply human ... .
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At the Royal Ballet, Taking the Measure of Ashton’s Genius

New York Times 21 Jun 2024
Many remarkable performances fueled the Royal’s mini-festival of ballets by Frederick Ashton, the company’s founding choreographer ... .
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Henry VIII and Katherine Parr, Who Survived Him, Are the Focus of ‘Firebrand’

New York Times 15 Jun 2024
“Firebrand” focuses on his sixth spouse as she tries to outlast the ailing king and his treacherous court. “I thought of it as a thriller,” the director says ... .
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In Paris, Using Dance to Uncover Hidden History

New York Times 06 Jun 2024
Benjamin Millepied, an organizer of La Ville Dansée — a daylong event in Paris and its environs — wants “to tell the invisible stories of the city.” ... .
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Review: Millepied and Muhly, Partners in Space and Sound

New York Times 01 Apr 2024
Benjamin Millepied and Nico Muhly’s evening of minimally accessorized dance and contemporary music feels right at home at the Philharmonie in Paris ... .
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In “Mary and George,” Julianne Moore Is a Scheming Mom

New York Times 29 Mar 2024
In the historical drama “Mary and George,” new on Starz, Julianne Moore plays an ambitious mother whose son catches the eye of King James I of England ... .
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Alexei Ratmansky Infuses ‘Coppelia’ With New Life

New York Times 18 Dec 2023
At La Scala, Ratmansky’s original choreography makes details and nuances of the story pop, as if a carapace of formulaic interpretation has been cracked open ... .
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London City Ballet Is Revived, Nearly 30 Years After It Shut Down

New York Times 30 Oct 2023
The company folded in the 1990s with mounting debts. Can a rebooted troupe thrive at a time when similar British organizations are scaling back? ... .

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