Challenging works for diamond jubilee kick-off new era for KC Ballet

KANSAS CITY, MO — The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts was buzzing Saturday night, as the Kansas City Ballet ended the first weekend of…

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Abundant Eye Candy in Joffrey’s ‘Bold Moves’ (review)

The contemporary works on Joffrey’s latest (through Feb. 21 at the Auditorium Theatre) have little in common, once again showing off the company’s versatility in a…

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Choreographer Ashley Page Premieres Joffrey Work in ‘Bold Moves’

CHICAGO — After nearly three decades dancing and choreographing with the Royal Ballet in his native London, and another in Glasgow as the director of…

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Hubbard + Jiří Kylián = Love (not a review)

The San Francisco Chronicle once named Jiří Kylián “one of the greatest choreographers of our age.” Boy, those reporters sure are smart. You know that saying…

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