Review: Parsons Dance at the Joyce
July 13, 2025Name a piece "Bachiana" and you invite comparison to two twentieth-century greats: Fokine's Chopiniana, with its...
San Francisco Ballet: RAkU, Symphonic Variations and Symphony in C
July 13, 2025A new Possokhov ballet is something SFB audiences have come to relish, and RAkU did not...
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Giselle
July 13, 2025The cast for the opening night (Saturday, January 29) featured the deservedly popular Yuan Yuan Tan...
Dance Review: NYCB Offers Polyphonia, For the Love of Duke, and Concerto DSCH
July 13, 2025Yet while these dancers retain their individuality, Ratmansky manages to make their movements seem of a...
A Gala Celebration with San Francisco Ballet
July 13, 2025As usual for these events, Wednesday night’s audience came in their finest duds — men in...
And There’s Prize Money!
July 12, 2025News flash — Dance makers need money! Oh, the big companies are on all the corporate...
Introducing Dance Vine, A New CLR Blog
July 9, 2025We are pleased to announce our new blog, Dance Vine. CLR dance critics Hanna Oldsman and...
Dance Review: San Francisco Ballet’s Nutcracker
July 3, 2025For sheer production values, though, the San Francisco Ballet Nutcracker remains at the top of the...
Dance Review: Alvin Ailey Offers Anointed, The Hunt, Cry and Revelations
July 1, 2025Luckily, Robert Battle needs no anointing. His choreography speaks for itself. In the company premiere of...
Movie Review: Black Swan
July 1, 2025Darren Aronofsky’s films (which include Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler) roil with striking, horrific...




