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Boston Ballet Tells The Tale of The Sleeping Beauty

I have written about Boston Ballet and The Sleeping Beauty several times before. The last time Isabelle and I saw The Sleeping Beauty together she was a young teenager. This…

Leah Klein 06/04/2026

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

Just A Dream: Boston Ballet

I love the power of a well paired juxtaposition. It is part of what I like so much about Boston Ballet's mixed bill programs like Winter Experience. The Dream is…

Leah Klein 03/24/2026

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

You May Be Done With Experiencing Winter: Escape with Boston Ballet’s Winter Experience

Boston Ballet's Winter Experience is fleeting in its time at the Opera House but the impact of witnessing Jorma Elo's Le Sacre de Printemps (The Rite of Spring) and Crystal…

Leah Klein 03/06/2026

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

Knotted, Released, Caught, Fraught: Noli Timere at Emerson Cutler Majestic

Art, movement and music can come together in a multitude of ways. In dance, art as scenery, music and lighting support the movement and set a tone. In art, how…

Leah Klein 01/30/2026

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

Always Check The Pulse Before Assuming Death: Roméo et Juliette Closes Boston Ballet’s 2025 Season

The last time I saw Romeo and Juliet was John Cranko's version by Boston Ballet's in 2018. This (Roméo et Juliette) is not that (Romeo and Juliet). Cranko's version premiered…

Leah Klein 06/06/2025

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

Boston Ballet’s Version of Spring Fever is So Hot: Spring Experience

Boston Ballet’s Spring Experience opened last week and I can’t stop daydreaming about it. I have said before that the mixed bill programs are my favourite ones. I always fall…

Leah Klein 05/21/2025

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

Winter Experience: Boston Ballet’s Program of Whimsy and Drama

The Boston Ballet season always has a mix of story ballets and more contemporary mixed bill programs. Ballet lovers have their favourite story ballets, individual pieces, choreographers and dances. Winter…

Leah Klein 04/04/2025

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

A Magical Evening with Boston Ballet’s The Nutcracker

Boston Ballet's Nutcracker is back for the holidays with dazzling dancing, stunning sets, and pure magic at the opera house.

Elizabeth Zhu 12/16/2024

Boston Dance New England

Boston Ballet: Fall Experience

Boston Ballet's 2024-25 season has officially begun and, like this year’s New England fall foliage, it is stunning and should not be missed. Fall Experience is a program of four…

Leah Klein 10/28/2024

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

Message in a Bottle: Kate Prince’s Choreography, and Sting’s Music Speaks to Boston Audiences

I watched a parade of people, mostly my age, many with their adult or young adult children, our spouses, groups of women, and couples file into the Emerson Colonial last…

Leah Klein 04/01/2024