By Marcie Sillman Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new season, opening later this month, will be the first in more than two decades without longtime principal Lesley Rausch. The ballerina was acclaimed for nuanced performances in everything from Swan Lake to Ulysses Dove’s very contemporary Red Angels. She will be missed, but Rausch’s retirement is an inflection
By Kaija Pepper Dance criticism can be many things: a celebration, a documentation, an examination, an evaluation, boring, fun to read, biased, generous, too much like PR, with too much description, with too little description … the possibilities and pitfalls are endless. In Shaping Dance Canons: Criticism, Aesthetics, and Equity, recently published by the University
By Michael Crabb Canada’s Ballet Jörgen has joined the ranks of various international initiatives aimed at supporting boys in dance. Earlier this year, the Toronto-based troupe, known for bringing quality ballet performances to mostly underserved communities, launched Böys Who Dance: Abolishing Stereotypes. It is an ongoing campaign whose central feature is an adaptable program offering