By Sanjoy Roy Theatres began to reopen in London in June, and guess what we all talked about? COVID. For all sorts of reasons — practical, social, medical, economic — it keeps a grip on the dance world, and it was impossible to attend dance without sensing its enduring and pervasive presence. Though created before
By Tessa Perkins Deneault The curtain rises to reveal the silhouette of a woman atop a giant full skirt. As the lights come up, the skirt transforms into a huge orange scarf that billows above Jerome Tisserand and his partner Laura Tisserand, who is perched on his shoulders. It’s a beautiful image to punctuate the
By Robin J. Miller For decades, ballet companies, especially in North America, have depended on The Nutcracker for their bread-and-butter, knowing it would draw vast crowds every Christmas and make it possible to present other, often more challenging fare the rest of the year. Thanks to pandemic restrictions, many companies cancelled their 2020 Nutcrackers months