It would not be too much to say that this has been one of the most exciting and accomplished seasons in Pennsylvania Ballet’s history.
View More A PROGRAM OF FIRSTS (PA Ballet): Remembering the start-lineTag: Lauren Fadeley
DON QUIXOTE (PA Ballet): Love and passion, Spanish style
Based on the beloved novel, Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, DON QUIXOTE has been one of the most popular and challenging ballets for over a century.
View More DON QUIXOTE (PA Ballet): Love and passion, Spanish styleSTRENGTH & LONGING (PA Ballet): Longing for higher and stronger
The selections show artistic director Angel Corella’s close attention to the dancers’ talents and characters and his passion to bring out the best in them.
View More STRENGTH & LONGING (PA Ballet): Longing for higher and strongerTHE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): A beloved holiday tradition
A holiday tradition for many Philadelphians, the Pennsylvania Ballet’s NUTCRACKER returns for another season.
View More THE NUTCRACKER (PA Ballet): A beloved holiday traditionSPEED & PRECISION: (PA Ballet): Color and character at the start of a new chapter
In his second season as the artistic director of the Pennsylvania Ballet, Angel Corella is hand-picking the entire program for the first time.
View More SPEED & PRECISION: (PA Ballet): Color and character at the start of a new chapterA TRIBUTE TO JEROME ROBBINS (PA Ballet): Perfect for Mother’s Day
Most balletomanes credit Balanchine with capturing the American spirit in ballet, but to me it’s Jerome Robbins who deserves the accolades.
View More A TRIBUTE TO JEROME ROBBINS (PA Ballet): Perfect for Mother’s DaySWAN LAKE (PA Ballet): An enduring classic
If you want to see the traditional ballet form challenged but simultaneously upheld then Christopher Wheeldon’s adaptation of the Tchaikovsky classic is just the ticket.
View More SWAN LAKE (PA Ballet): An enduring classicWHAT I LEARNED ABOUT OUTER SPACE (Pennsylvania Ballet, Curtis Institute of Music, FringeArts): Fringe Review 14
If dance is a language, it is spoken in a variety of accents. With WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT OUTER SPACE, FringeArts commissioning three contemporary choreographers—Zoe Scofield, Georg Reischl, and Itamar Serussi—to create pieces on PA Ballet dancers.
View More WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT OUTER SPACE (Pennsylvania Ballet, Curtis Institute of Music, FringeArts): Fringe Review 14DIRECTOR’S CHOICE (PA Ballet): Julie Diana’s luminous pas d’adieu
Roy Kaiser’s ‘Director’s Choice program proved to be one of the most artistically rich mixed bills PB has done and during their 50th anniversary season. , It featured the arrestingly intimate pas de deux between retiring dancer Julie Diana and real-life husband Zachary Hench.
View More DIRECTOR’S CHOICE (PA Ballet): Julie Diana’s luminous pas d’adieu