Pennsylvania Ballet

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Heaven, Earth, and Everything Between

Amelia Longo

Handel’s Messiah is big and divine. In trying to match its lofty heights, Weiss instead showed his own humanity.

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Maintaining Boundaries

Kilian Kröll

Coming from the nothing-is-too-weird-to-be-performed contemporary dance world, I went out on a limb by agreeing to write about "Pushing Boundaries: Forsythe and Neenan."

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Rio Retires; Two Ballerinas Talk

Julie Diana

On the eve of her retirement, PA Ballet principal Riolama Lorenzo spoke with Julie Diana about her life on and off the stage.

An Annual Nut to Crack

Lynn Matluck Brooks

When my son was seven or eight years old, he sweetly invited me on a “date.” His invitation was for the Nutcracker.

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Russian Ballet Legends

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Pennsylvania Ballet presented a ”Russian Suite” of classical purity, nonstop dynamism and dramatic caricature.