United States Prokoviev, Cinderella (choreography – Alexi Ratmansky): The Mariinsky Ballet and Orchestra, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 8.10.2015 (JRo)
The Mariinsky Ballet’s Broadly Comic and Oddly Unsettling Cinderella in LA
Jane Rosenberg
The Magic and Mirth of Twyla Tharp’s Preludes and Fugues and Yowzie
United States Tharp: Twyla Tharp 50th Anniversary Tour: Preludes and Fugues, Yowzie: Twyla Tharp Company, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, 1.10.2015 (JRo)
Ron Todorowski, Amy Ruggiero with pointed finger, John Selya looking away in Yowzie costumes
Love and Greed in Italy: Gianni Schicchi and Pagliacci at LA Opera
United States Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Grant Gershon (conductor); Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, Plácido Domingo (conductor), LA Opera, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 24.9.2015 (JRo)
Boris Eifman Molds Dance Out of the Clay of Rodin
United States Eifman: Rodin, Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 12.6.2015-14.6.2015 (JRo)
Los Angeles Ballet Captures the High Spirits of Jiři Kylián’s Sechs Tänze
United States Balanchine, Limón, Kylián: Los Angeles Ballet, Royce Hall, Los Angeles, 6.6.2015 (JRo)
Sex-Appeal Trumps Subtlety in Tania Pérez-Salas’s Ex-Stasis and Made in Mexico
United States Tania Pérez-Salas, Passion in Dance: Ex Stasis, Made in Mexico (Macho Man), Compañía De Danza, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 15.5.15-17.5.15 (JRo)
The Music Center’s 2015-16 Season of Dance in Los Angeles
The Music Center’s 2015-16 Season of Dance in Los Angeles
A Rich Tapestry of Voice and Music in The Marriage of Figaro
United States Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, LA Opera, James Conlon (conductor), Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, 21.3.2015-12.4.2015 (JRo)
Photo: Craig T. Matthew/LAO