Dance 
Balanchine Rarities – a magnificent performance of artistry and virtuosity(2)
Carolina Ballet‘s production of Balanchine Rarities, a program including 3 works by George Balanchine, Lost and Found by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Moving Life by Robert Weiss, opened to a nearly full house Thursday night, and I expect the house will stay full for the duration of its run. The program began with short ballets by [...]
Full Story»Carolina Ballet’s Dracula: Not your grandmother’s ballet
Carolina Ballet’s Dracula has all the elements of a big screen blockbuster: action, drama, suspense, gore, and sex. But it also has all the elements of a great classical ballet. Like Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty, Carolina Ballet’s Dracula is a well told story with timeless appeal. Dracula is preceded by the opening ballet, Robert [...]
Shen Wei Dance Arts “Limited States” is unlimited in beauty
Shen Wei Dance Arts is performing spectacular ADF commissioned world premiere Limited States this weekend at the American Dance Festival. Breathtaking and suspenseful, artistic director Shen Wei’s choreography grabs the audience from the first motion on the stage and holds us through the very last. One remarkable element in this performance is the use of [...]
Emanuel Gat Dance: Being, not seeming
Ten dancers dressed in plain clothes, as if they’ve just walked in off the street, walk purposefully onto the stage and begin to dance. When they enter the house lights are still up, but they darken as the white-noise music composed by artistic director Emanuel Gat becomes audible. Emanuel Gat Dance is making their US [...]
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- ADF Opens with Gala on Charles Reinhart Day
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- North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble is Live Performance at its Best
- Monet Impressions is good ballet, pure and simple
- As Always, the Nutcracker Delights
- Guest Stars Mark Ballas and Giselle Peacock Make “Burn the Floor” Sizzle
- Carolina Ballet’s Pinocchio Isn’t Just for Kids
- On Oct. 22nd, Jane Comfort and Company’s “Faith Healing” Stopped in Raleigh on Its Way to New York
- Carolina Ballet’s Dracula and the Masque of the Red Death is Full of Chills and Thrills

