He owed this longevity, remarkable in ballet, to his having slipped early on — unintentionally but quite happily — into character roles.
A critic hesitates to praise particular dancers because there are never fewer than half a dozen who are more remarkable than most ballet stars.
Edward Watson, remarkable throughout this ballet, moves alone with sinuous ease, then turns to face the screen as Ms. Saariaho's score holds a long, sustained note.
"Middle" dates from 1987, and marks Mr. Forsythe's breakthrough on to the international stage; the other two works were created in 1999, and demonstrate the remarkable evolution of ballet technique that this choreographer brought about.
Possibly because his dances have a remarkable momentum that recalls ballet's linked phrases.
Several dancers who worked with him — Jorma Elo, Crystal Pite, Jacopo Godani, Helen Pickett, David Dawson, Emily Molnar and Regina van Berkel — have shown a remarkable ability to use ballet with contemporary freshness and a vivid imaginative power.
Passings: Dwight Grell, 73, a remarkable collector of Russian ballet memorabilia.
As it was, Ms. Spira shone as a superb, innately musical classicist in all the major 19th-century ballets (she once remarked that she had danced every female part in "Swan Lake" over the course of her career), as well as showing that she was a remarkable actress in dramatic ballets like "Giselle," and "Romeo and Juliet".
The range of styles and types of ballets is remarkable, beginning with Susan Stroman's zany "DOUBLE FEATURE" on Sunday, and ending the week on Saturday with George Balanchine's "BRAHMS-SCHOENBERG QUARTET," a difficult ballet that yields its secrets only in perfect performances.
The ballet is most remarkable in places where I would have least predicted.
