234 stories by "Carolyn Kelemen"
Carlos Acosta's Don Quixote is a Royal treat Sometimes balletomanes can only distinguish between a truly great dance concert and a very fine one by noting how many goose bumps pop up on thei…
Sisters Daisha Mack and Alicia Graf Mack, co-creators of D(n)A Arts, will host The D(n)A Xperience, which aims to draw aspiring dancers from across the region. They have achieved extraordina…
Swooning over the first 'Swan' Step aside, Baryshnikov. There's a new kid on the block and he's taking the dance world by storm. The Washington Ballet's Brooklyn Mack took his royal place la…
There's no company like the New York City Ballet, performing the old, new, and, especially, Serenade. Last night was one of those magical evenings of ballet and beauty. First it was a smooth…
Shrek is back in full green glory Last year Jonah learned to ride a bike. More recently he picked up a hockey stick. During the holidays my seven-year-old grandson tolerated three "Nutcracke…
HCC puts cutting edge moves on display Those looking for a quick introduction to what's hot in contemporary dance could spend a small bundle on a whirlwind expedition to New York. Or they co…
“Time is of the essence” is a term in British and United States contract law. It serves as a jumping off point in this short, sweet review of Uncle Vanya that wraps up its three …
'Sleepy Hollow' ballet premieres at the Kennedy Center: Â D.C. Ballet shakes up expectations Yes, even classical ballerinas let their hair down once in a while. They relish tossing off tho…
Alvin Ailey's American Dance Theater returned to The Kennedy Center last evening with a tribute to its famous six-foot tall Texan director. Ailey died 25 years ago and filling his size-12 sh…
Classical ballet director Misako Aoki began her dance training in her native Japan, where she later received a scholarship to study at the Royal Ballet School in London. From there, she join…
 Russians return to the glory days of ballet Ulyana Lopatkina could have wrapped up The Kennedy Center and taken it home with her after her performance in The Swan, a.k.a. The Dying Swan,…
Purple lights illuminated Charm City on the eve of the Ravens playoff game. Downtown in the cobblestone village of Fells Point, folks were celebrating in the streets as well inside the Va…
For the world premiere of Mark Scharf's play, Fortune's Child, the weather outside Baltimore's Theatre Project was, indeed, "frightful," yet inside the historic 1887 building, the atmosphere…
Ballet West blends old & new in holiday classic Remember the way the holiday season used to make you feel? Remember walking around full of expectation, certain that wonderful, impossible…
The late Alan M. Kriegsman once told dance critics at a conference that a "laundry list" of reviews should be avoided at all costs. With apologizes to Mike (who was a dear friend and colleag…
Chinese dancers meander through the grass without a GPS Â It can be a long ride home to Baltimore from the Kennedy Center, especially on a rainy night. After last evening's Wild Grass pres…
Revisiting Chéri " and a Baltimore visionary The venerable Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts turned avant-garde last night with the return of modern dance maven, Martha Clark, and h…
It's a bittersweet homecoming for Evita stars  The final stop on the Evita tour at The Kennedy Center is bittersweet for hometown stars, Sean MacLaughlin (Juan Peron) and Caroline Bowman …
Monday morning's ribbon cutting ceremony at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company's (CSC) new digs in downtown Baltimore was unique. No phony large scissors but rather a Lieutenant Governor wie…
Dancers face the wilderness in Pacific Northwest Celebration at Wolf Trap. Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is a lovely place to spend a late summer evening. The setting is se…
(The Best of the Capital Fringe) The Tap Dance Kid meets Batman with some fancy footwork Ratta-ta-tap. The masked man moves across the floor. A-shoom, he leaps into the air. His fluid arms a…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Robert Michael Oliver is a tour-de-force in his one-man show It's got to be tough to do a solo show, opening night at 9 p.m. on a sultry summer night, but remark…
(Best of the Capital Fringe) Ellouise Schoettler enlightens us in her one-woman show. US history provided little to inform us about the role of women in "The Great War." However, Ellouise Sc…
The Bolshoi sweeps into The Kennedy Center with dreamy 'Giselle':Â Catching up with ballet's romantic masterwork Any time you have David Hallberg on a ballet bill, you are guaranteed a sel…
New Moves: symphony + dance delights both dance fans and music aficionados. Give a MacArthur "Genius" award to the person who came up with the idea to merge music and dance in the Nationa…
