a romance filled with sighs of longing and the thrill of infatuation. Set in antiquity, the ballet literally places love on a pedestal in the person of the Greek god Eros. American Ballet Theatre ...

Well, the course of true love never did run smooth, did it? It’s a lesson Stanton Welch has taken to heart in his production of Sylvia, a Houston Ballet’s world premiere based on Léo Delibes classic ...

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Classical ballet routinely casts the female as the beautiful, fragile figure waiting for a man to save her. Not in Sylvia. It’s a fascinating role reversal. Our central character Sylvia seduces a ...

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Italy Roberto Bolle, even while airborne, is a study in geometry and style — he also works offstage as a Gap model. Mira Were we watching American Ballet Theatre or “America’s Next Top Model?” ...

To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure if I liked Frederick Ashton's Sylvia at the Metropolitan Opera House on Wednesday evening, June 26, or not. It had lots of things in its favor, but where was the ...

Houston Ballet Principal Jessica Collado and First Soloist Christopher Coomer in Sylvia. Credit: Photo by Lawrence Elizabeth Knox, Courtesy of Houston Ballet From an ominous wind sounding through the ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. At Sylvia the other night, there flashed into my mind a famous choreographer’s warning that no good ...