Contrasting approaches to movement and meaning define National Ballet’s latest mixed bill

While Flight Pattern seeks to move the audience through contemporary themes, Suite en Blanc finds its strength in structure and style ...

Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite’s ‘Flight Pattern,’ inspired by the refugee crisis, takes off at the National Ballet

The company's winter double bill also includes a somewhat uneven remount of the neoclassical ballet “Suite en Blanc.” ...
Bay Area Reporter

SF Ballet's 'next @ 90' festival: former Principal Dancer Nicolas Blanc returns as choreographer

In celebration of San Francisco Ballet's 90th anniversary, the company kicks off its spring season this month with the "next @ 90 festival," featuring nine world premiere ballets by nine ...
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Balletomanes turn disco as Houston Ballet Ball raises $1.6 million

Some ballets end in heartbreak. This one ended in a packed dance floor where everyone had a signature move. Black tie met ballet blanc as more than 500 patrons floated into the Wortham Theater Center ...
BroadwayWorld

Review: NEXT@90 FESTIVAL - BLANC / SCHREIER / POSSOKHOV PREMIERES at San Francisco Ballet Presents a Trio of Striking Dances Set to Glorious Music

The third and (alas!) final program of San Francisco Ballet's next@90 festival is the most cohesive and consistently rewarding one. Its three world premiere ballets are quite distinct from each other, ...
BroadwayWorld

Joffrey Ballet Presents World Premiere of Nicolas Blanc's UNDER THE TREES' VOICES

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Blanc's Under the Trees' Voices features 15 Joffrey artists dancing to Symphony No ...