Pennsylvania Ballet
Pennsylvania Ballet
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"…brimming with dance ideas and stunning images."
Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times

"Ballet does not get much better than this."
Thom Dibdin, Edinburgh Evening News

"… a touch of flair and plenty of world-class performances."
Thom Dibdin, Edinburgh Evening News

"Confidence carried the Company"
Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times

"Pennsylvania Ballet…real and delectable"
Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times

"Full of surprises"
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

"Witty details… Affinity for classicism… Explosive"
Gia Kourlas, The New York Times

"Blessedly soft but articulate pointe work of the corps de ballet."
Gia Kourlas, The New York Times

"[Pennsylvania Ballet] brought special maturity of style…and rapturous absorption."
Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times

"[Pennsylvania Ballet] has never lost its all-American look of clean, strong body lines and simplicity of attack."
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

"Pennsylvania dancers have a can-do attitude about eclecticism, long a favored goal of American ballet companies."
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

"Fierce appropriation of space."
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

"The company looked scrupulously stylish…and very well rehearsed."
Mary Cargill, Dance View Times

"Visually stunning, emotionally wrenching and gorgeously danced."
Nancy G. Heller, The Philadelphia Inquirer

"What's clear at this point is that Pennsylvania Ballet owns this ballet in its bones."
Janet Anderson, City Paper

"You can't feel anything less then admiration after watching a corps of young people dancing with sure pure elation, so fluid, lovely, and promising, as they moved in perfect unison." Jim Rutter, The Broad Street Review

"Under the direction of Roy Kaiser, [the Company] has remained true to its origins as a home for classically trained dancers with individual looks and presences…to complement its Balanchine repertory." Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

"Once again the Company is ready to prove that its art is nervy, passionate and full of love."
Evelyn Shih, The Bergen Record

"First-class"
Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice