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Leigh Witchel

2005

Bolshoi Ballet
Over the top, and nobody does it better
July 18, 2005

American Ballet Theatre
Larger Than Life
July 11, 2005

Bolshoi Ballet
"Spartacus": Form or Force?
July 25, 2005

"Don Quixote": Over the Top, and Nobody Does It Better
July 18, 2005

American Ballet Theatre
"Giselle"-isms
July 18, 2005

New York City Ballet
Imperfect Fits
May 30, 2005

Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co.
Reticent "Tracings"
May 23, 2005

New York City Ballet
Modern Times
May 23, 2005

Pat Graney Company
Henry Darger's Fantastic Landscape
May 9, 2005

Season of Migration
Classical Music and Dance from Cambodia
Migrations
April 25, 2005

Nrityagram Dance Ensemble
Perfect Pitch
April 18, 2005

National Ballet of Canada
Good Ideas, Fuzzily Realized
April 11, 2005

Paul Taylor Dance Company
Master of Light and Dark
March 21, 2005

Paul Taylor Dance Company
Lightweight Taylor
March 14, 2005

Paul  Taylor Dance Company
Solid Gold Hits
March 7, 2005

Condors
Otaku Strkes!
February 28, 2005

New York City Ballet
New Cast in "Double Feature"
February 28, 2005

Royal Ballet School
School Days
February 21, 2005

New York City Ballet
Equals and Opposites
February 14, 2005

New York City Ballet
Crowd Pleasers
February 7, 2005

New York City Ballet
Moving Up, Bowing Out
January 17, 2005

New York City Ballet
Straining at the Edge of Orthodoxy
January 10, 2005

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Illusions
January 3, 2005

2004

New York City Ballet
A Storybook Debut
December 6, 2004

American Ballet Theatre
ABT's Salute to Balanchine: the Babel Effect
May 31, 2004

Seeing Stars
with Nina Ananiashvili and Julio Bocca
June 21, 2004

A Headstrong Juliet
Irina Dvorovenko and Maxim Beloserkovsky
July 5, 2004

Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet
Sleeping Beauty
April 12, 2004

David Dorfman
Light Bulbs and Picket Fences
April 19, 2004; Leigh Witchel

Martha Graham Dance Company
Graham's Maze
April 26, 2004; Leigh Witchel

Lincoln Center's Ashton Celebration
Scenes and Variations:
Ashton’s Chic Beauty
"Scènes de Ballet;" "Divertissements;" "Marguerite and Armand"
July 15, 2004

New York City Ballet
NYCB's Evening in Vienna: Some Stunning Debuts
May 10, 2004

Romantics Sour and Sweet
May 24, 2004

Americans We
May 31, 2004

Robbins-Bernstein-Martins: America
June 8, 2004

Gods and Monsters
Mozartiana/Firebird/Symphony in Three Movements
Raymonda Variations/The Cage /Duo Concertant/ Firebird
June 14, 2004

Greek Night
Apollo, Orpheus, Agon
June 14, 2004

Seeing Stars
with Nina Ananiashvili and Julio Bocca
June 21, 2004

Russian American Music Festival
June 21, 2004

Russian Tidbits
June 28, 2004

Paul Taylor Dance Company
Gods and Demons
In the Beginning, Airs, and Piazzolla Caldera
March 3, 2004

Universal Ballet Company
A Glitter Dust "Romeo and Juliet"
August 2, 2004

2003

Kirov Ballet's La Bayadere (in Detroit)
November 2, 2003

Royal Ballet
La Bayadere (Covent Garden)
October 21, 2003