by Kyra Laubacher | Feb 3, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This month, companies across the country are proving that February isn’t just for Romeo and Juliet. From Alexei Ratmansky’s newest commission to a 1980s twist on The Little Mermaid, read on to learn what’s hitting the stages. Book of Esther and Carmen Suite: Carolina...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jan 6, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
It’s a new year, and with that come several new ballets to help ring in 2026. Across North America, choreographers are reimagining canonical works, putting their own spins on celebrated texts, and creating exciting neoclassical pieces.From San Francisco to Alberta and...
by Kyra Laubacher | Apr 30, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Amy Hall Garner was in Chicago choreographing the musical Dream Girls when she got a phone call from New York City Ballet associate artistic director Wendy Whelan. It was the summer of 2022, and the call came as a surprise. Whelan, Garner explains, had seen her work...
by Shaté L. Hayes | Apr 24, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
April 29 and 30, Memphis-based Collage Dance Collective is set to premiere Their Eyes Were Watching God, a new ballet reimagining Zora Neale Hurston’s iconic 1937 novel of the same title. Choreographed by Collage artistic director Kevin Thomas and acclaimed...