Artists of Pennsylvania Ballet in Christopher Wheeldon’s Carnival of the Animals. Photo: Paul Kolnik Narrated by Tony and Emmy Award winning actor John Lithgow With George Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina and The Four Temperaments Let your imagination soar with Christopher Wheeldon’s charming Carnival of the Animals, narrated live by Tony and Emmy Award winning actor John [...]

by Kat Richter for The Dance Journal Photos by Alexander Iziliaev Nearly four centuries lie between the writing of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1595 and the creation of George Balanchine’s ballet in 1962 but despite the passage of time, the Bard’s quintessential romantic comedy remains the perfect antidote to the winter blues [...]

Pennsylvania Ballet Principal Dancer Arantxa Ochoa in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo: Paul Kolnik Visit the vibrant, mystical fantasy of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, March 7-17, 2013 at the Academy of Music. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is presented by Bank of America. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream [...]

Pennsylvania Ballet Principal Dancer Zachary Hench in Twyla Tharp’s Push Comes to Shove. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev Revel in ballet’s boundless potential as Pennsylvania Ballet presents a trio of diverse works with Balanchine/Wheeldon/Tharp, February 7-10, 2013 at the Merriam Theater. “The three choreographers on this program are nothing short of titans in the dance world,” Artistic [...]

Artists of Pennsylvania Ballet in Marius Petipa’s Giselle. Photo: Paul Kolnik Surrender your heart to the ultimate ballet of the Romantic era as Pennsylvania Ballet opens its 49th Season with Giselle, October 18-28 at the Academy of Music. “Giselle just grabs your heart,” Artistic Director Roy Kaiser says. “For the dancers, it demands both complex [...]

Principal Dancer Riolama Lorenzo and former Company Member Maximilien Baud in Peter Martins’ Barber Violin Concerto. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev. Pennsylvania Ballet presents the grand finale of the 2011-2012 Season, the Company premiere of Jerome Robbins’s N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz, with Peter Martins’s Barber Violin Concerto and the World Premiere of Matthew Neenan’s Beside them, they [...]

Photo Credit: Ochoa by Iziliaev To transition to new role as Principal Instructor at School of Pennsylvania Ballet Final performance in Giselle this October Pennsylvania Ballet Principal Dancer Arantxa Ochoa has announced she will retire from the stage with Marius Petipa’s Giselle in October, after 16 years dancing with the Company, transitioning to her new [...]

Houston Ballet’s Sara Webb and Randy Herrera in Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan. Photo: Jim Caldwell. Courtesy of Houston Ballet. Escape to Neverland as Pennsylvania Ballet presents Trey McIntyre’s Peter Pan, premiering in Philadelphia May 3-13, 2012 at the Academy of Music. “Creating a captivating, full-length story ballet and making it relevant for today’s audiences is [...]

Artists of Pennsylvania Ballet in Robert Weiss’ Messiah. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev. Pennsylvania Ballet presents choreographer Robert Weiss’s Messiah, set to the universally popular score by George Frideric Handel and featuring The Philadelphia Singers, March 8-17, 2012 at the Academy of Music. “With Messiah, our audience receives an incredibly robust performance experience,” Artistic Director Roy Kaiser [...]

Principal Dancer Riolama Lorenzo and Soloist Jermel Johnson in Matthew Neenan’s Keep. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev. Pennsylvania Ballet presents Pushing Boundaries: Forsythe & Neenan, a dynamic program of three contemporary works, February 9-12, 2012 at the Merriam Theater at 250 South Broad Street. “Our dancers have an incredible ability to master not only the classics, but [...]