During his 15 years at the helm of The Sarasota Ballet, Iain Webb has made British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton, a household name. There was not a single Ashton ballet in the company’s ...
Not a mop-top in sight, but there’s been a British invasion at Orlando Ballet, which opens its 50th anniversary season this week. The organization always has had international flair, and this year, ...
In 1990 Margaret Barbieri, having retired after 25 years dancing with the Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet in London, was offered a job to direct abroad. She and her fellow dancer and husband, Iain Webb, ...
Song of the Earth from 1965 opens the program and is the longer and more substantial of the two. It uses Mahler’s monumental Das Lied von der Erde, a song cycle set to Chinese Tang dynasty poetry ...
A performance on the Henry J. Leir Stage at Jacob's Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts. TATGE: This is one of the most extraordinary ballet companies in the world. We have always wanted to have the ...
When San Francisco Ballet presented its “British Icons” program of works by the great English choreographers Sir Frederick Ashton and Sir Kenneth MacMillan during the 2024 repertory season, the ...