11 stories by "Kathleen Wessel"
Forget Valentine's Day (and your hopeless attempt to secure a restaurant reservation...
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In a final tribute to John McFall's 21-year legacy as Atlanta Ballet's artistic director, the company's 2015-16 season closed with MAYhem: Kissed, a triple bill that proved as eclectic and e…
Five years after its much-anticipated world premiere, Twyla Tharp's The Princess and the Goblin has returned home. Created for Atlanta Ballet in 2012 and co-commissioned by the Royal Winnipe…
In some cities The Nutcracker tastes like stale fruitcake: a necessary holiday staple endured for the sake of tradition. Thankfully, Atlanta can breathe a peppermint-scented
When he steps out of the car wearing sharp aviator sunglasses, his thick dark hair twisted into a stylish man bun, I think: that guy
It's an assertion I've heard before, this time from Tel Avivian choreographer Oren Laor: "Israelis are very straightforward." Perhaps it is the immediacy, the tension
The word "modern" has confused and polarized arts patrons for centuries. Rarely a simple delineation between current and historical work, it refers to a stylistic
At first glance, Tennessee Williams' Camino Real is not the most obvious choice for a story ballet. Presented in surrealistic episodes, the play relies on symbolism
With Body Against Body, a compilation of famed choreographer Bill T. Jones's early duets, the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company presented the only dance event
On Saturday, January 31, the Rialto Center for the Arts will present Urban Bush Women's 30th anniversary tour Power in Movement. The Brooklyn-based company, founded
Think of the 1991 classic Boyz n the Hood and contemporary dance is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. Written and directed