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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

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

Boston Dance

Cinderella: Lose Your Slipper Find Your Inner Child

I am not a fairy tale girl. I'm more just a fairies hold the tale person. I grew up on Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch and not Cinderella. I…

Leah Klein 03/19/2024

Arts & Entertainment Boston Dance

Boston Ballet Takes on Godfathers of Dance and Rock ‘n Roll Guitar: My Obsession will become yours too

All Art Has Been Contemporary by Maurizio Nannucci at the Museum of Fine Arts It is true that all art has been contemporary at some point. Boston Ballet’s season opener…

Leah Klein 10/09/2022

Boston Dance Food

Swan Lake is Popular: Boston Ballet Reminds Us Why

If Swan Lake was a Tik Tok it would definitely go viral. Thanks to the pandemic, it has been a while since I have seen Swan Lake and I started…

Leah Klein 06/02/2022

Boston Dance

ChoreograpHER: Expanding the repertoire

Five pieces and five female choreographers are at the heart of this performance, but ChoreograpHER is so much more than the final product. Each piece stands on its own representing…

Leah Klein 03/08/2022

Arts & Entertainment Dance

Hot Pink in a Sea of Grey: Full on Forsythe

The news is full of fighting and darkness. The weather outside has been cold and grey. Even the world of dance, especially contemporary dance is overflowing with angst, anger, sadness…

Leah Klein 03/12/2019

Sabi Varga, Misa Kuranaga, and Nelson Madrigal in John Cranko's Romeo & Juliet; photo by Rosalie O'Connor, courtesy Boston Ballet

Arts & Entertainment Dance

John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet: Boston Ballet’s Shakespeare

John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet performed by Boston Ballet is the perfect family outing this spring. Whether you have kids who are about to start studying Shakespeare or experiencing puppy love, the performances leaves even the quietest teen or tween with plenty to talk about.

Leah Klein 03/27/2018

Arts & Entertainment Dance

Staying Relevant: Sleeping Beauty

We live in interesting times. If there ever was a time of fast-paced progress and equally extreme desire to recreate some sort of status quo it seems like this is that…

Leah Klein 05/02/2017

Boston Dance music

Step Outside & Get Lost in Willliam Forsythe's Artifact: Boston Ballet will be Remembered for This

Boston Ballet's performance, which is the North American premiere of William Forsythe's full length Artifact. It is a spoken word piece, a ballet, a concerto, an artwork all in one.

02/23/2017