Critical Acclaim

“Every dancer in every role looked motivated. This is the Diaghilev effect: the company as true ensemble. The performers were caught up in something beyond themselves.”     - Alastair Macaulay, THE NEW YORK TIMES

“[Ballet West] dancers’ long, lean lines were beautiful; they looked groomed. In Serenade the dancing was strong and free…everyone was musical, and no one tried to act. This was a subtle and sophisticated performance.”     - DANCE VIEW TIMES

“I was thrilled down to my toes to be treated to what I knew from viewing experience would be stellar dancing from all levels of Ballet West’s dancers. I was not disappointed.”     - criticaldance.com

“Chances to see truly professional classical ballet in St. Louis are all too rare. Let us hope that St. Louis will bring back Ballet West in relatively short order.”     - ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH

 “The verve and polish of this Salt Lake City-based company will long stay in the mind.”     - THE KANSAS CITY STAR

“Ballet west performers dancing roles they were born to play – the perfect tribute to Tudor’s choreographic genius.”     - THE SCOTSMAN, Scotland’s leading newspaper

“What really won hearts, minds – and stars – is the assured, beautifully modulated way that Ballet West USA presents not just Tudor’s crafted pointe-work, but his whole battery of pointed glances.”     - THE HERALD (Glasgow) in a five-star review

“This is not your parents’ Ballet West. This is a company with its eye dead set on the future.”     - THE DESERET NEWS