by Jeff Maisey | Mar 26, 2022 | Dance, Musical Theater, Stage & Film
(Don Quixote dreams of his Dulcinea. Photo by David Polston) By Jeff Maisey The legendary Don Quixote triumphantly rode into Chrysler Hall on Friday, March 25, conquering the hearts and minds of all who attended the phenomenal opening night to the Virginia Arts...
by Jeff Maisey | Mar 22, 2022 | Dance
By Montague Gammon III The elderly knight-errant Don Quixote comes out a winner in his namesake ballet, which the American Ballet Theatre is performing at Norfolk’s Chrysler Hall March 25-27, under the Virginia Arts Festival’s auspices. Though he doesn’t...
by Jeff Maisey | Jan 5, 2020 | Dance, Stage & Film
(Cavalier with Sugar Plum Fairy: Maggie Small and Fernando Sabino in The Nutcracker by Stoner Winslett. Richmond Ballet. All Rights Reserved. Photo by Sarah Ferguson.) Brazilian Dancer Prepares For His Last Curtain Call In Norfolk By Jim Roberts Fernando Sabino...
by Jeff Maisey | May 11, 2019 | Dance, Stage & Film
Ballets with a Twist (Brandy Alexander from Cocktail Hour The Show) Photo by Nico Malvaldi By Michael Curry What’s your favorite? Brandy Alexander perhaps. Or the Singapore Sling, a Bloody Mary or a good old Manhattan? Of course you recognize the names as...
by Jeff Maisey | May 2, 2019 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Montague Gammon III Pilobolus, that truly unique dance company whose choreography melds the athletic with the aesthetic, offers its Virginia Arts Festival audiences a program of recently made works joined to pieces from its long established repertory, said...
by Jeff Maisey | May 2, 2019 | Dance, Stage & Film
By Jerome Langston It’s on a rainy Sunday afternoon when I finally get the chance to chat with legendary Dance Theatre of Harlem alum and Norfolk native, Lorraine Graves. Ms. Graves has run her errands for the day, and is now tending to her remarkable mother, a...
