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I caught a rehearsal at #BossovBalletTheatre. They’ll be performing at the Collins Center for the Arts at the #UMaine campus in Orono, July 25-26. #vaganova #bossovballettheatre #Maine #womenartists
July 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Christopher Wheeldon's "The Winter's Tale" at ABT... my review:
#americanballettheatre #summerinnewyork #themet
Shakespeare ‘Problem’ Play gets the Wheeldon Treatment at ABT
Leigh Donlan reviewed the Wed July 2nd, 2025 matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
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July 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I watched Gillian Murphy's final GISELLE for American Ballet Theatre, and it was beautiful:
#AmericanBalletTheatre #Giselle #GillianMurphy #SummerSeason #TheMet
Legends Live On: Gillian Murphy’s Last Giselle
Leigh Donlan reviewed the Wed June 25, 2025 matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
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June 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
American Ballet Theatre continues its summer season at the Met. Last week, I saw Wayne McGregor's phenomenal 'Woolf Works':
#VirginiaWoolf #AmericanBalletTheatre #WoolfWorks
Returning to Woolf Works: ABT at the Met
Leigh Donlan reviewed the Wed Jun 17, 2025 matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City
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June 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
American Ballet Theatre's summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House has begun...

My review of Swan Lake:
#americanballettheatre #SwanLake #SummerinNewYork
Summer in New York: ABT’s Misseldine and Bell in Stellar Swan Lake
Leigh Donlan reviewed the Wednesday, June 11, matinee performance at the Metropolitan Opera House American Ballet
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June 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A short, true story from a wild and transformative time in my life, on Substack: #sonomacounty #california #wildwest
Dead Man's Beans
I've been working on a collection of short, true stories from a wild and transformative time in my life. Here's one.
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May 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I sat down with Ethan Stiefel to discuss his latest work for American Repertory Ballet, 'Spirit of the Highlands,' which premieres this weekend in New Jersey:
#EthanStiefel #SpiritoftheHighlands #AmericanRepertoryBallet #ballettothepeople
Poetic Justice: Ethan Stiefel’s Spirit of the Highlands
An ornery witch pounded her burled staff, men in kilts brawled, sylphs wafted through the air and a long scarf lay strewn across the floor of the midcentury library that had b
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March 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
My review of Peter Martins' SWAN LAKE for New York City Ballet #NYCB #UnityPhelan #ballettothepeople
Unity Saves the Day
Leigh Donlan reviewed the March 1st Saturday matinee of Swan Lake at the Koch Theater Having to stare at length a
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March 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
My review of Akram Khan's GIGENIS at the Joyce Theater, New York #akramkhan #joycetheater #ballettothepeople
Akram Khan’s Provocative and Timely GIGENIS
Leigh Donlan reviewed the Sat Feb 15th, 2025, matinee performance at the Joyce Theater in New York British chore
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February 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
'Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939' closes February 23 at the National Portrait Gallery in DC. It's an incredible exhibit. My preview below: #NationalPortraitGalleryUSA #WomenArtists #AmericanWomenArtists #ballettothepeople

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Why Women Leave and Other Takeaways from ‘Brilliant Exiles’
Exhibition reviewed by Leigh Donlan on 25 April 2024 Many American women artists escaped to Paris during the early 20th century where they found freedom from the gender, class, race, religious and …
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February 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM