Monday, March 28

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The Ankara State Ballet presents "Swan Lake."

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Choreographer Volkan Ersoy told Anadolu Agency (AA) that they interpreted the four-act piece as two acts, explaining: "We brought this ballet to the stage in 2019 with a brand-new style, with a new understanding, by making arrangements in many parts." Highlighting that before the COVID-19 pandemic, all of their performances were sold out, Ersoy said, "It is very exciting to restart this adventure with the ADOB dancers after the pandemic."

 

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A review of the Sarasota Ballet by Sara Rachon for YourObserver.

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However, the show we were about to see was different. It was a show for ballet lovers and non–ballet lovers, seasoned audience members and first-time viewers. The world premiere of Sir David Bintley’s “A Comedy of Errors,” performed by the Sarasota Ballet this past weekend at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, was one for the books.

 

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A review of the Royal Ballet by Louise Levene in The Financial Times.

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After five months of wall-to-wall narrative favourites — Giselle, Nutcracker, Romeo and Swan Lake — the Royal Ballet has finally re-entered the 21st century with an underwhelming triple bill of works old, borrowed and new. The evening kicked off with the world premiere of The Weathering, by New York-based dancemaker Kyle Abraham. The 11-man piece is set to an episodic score by Ryan Lott and performed on a bare stage adorned with parchment lanterns. Karen Young’s costumes — chiffon shifts for the two women, stretch pants and satin vests for the men — are in a cautious, hotel-room palette of grey and pinky beige.

 

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A review of BalletBoyz and Ballet Black by Debra Craine in The Times.

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Two of Britain’s most innovative dance companies have commissioned new ballets to mark their 20th birthdays. The ever-ambitious Ballet Black is celebrating a commissioning policy that has notched up more than 50 ballets by three dozen choreographers in two decades, while BalletBoyz finally are able to complete an anniversary tour that began in March 2020, days before lockdown struck.