182 stories by "Laura Cappelle"
Olympic gymnastics would be more enjoyable on TV and in the arena if choreography were less of an afterthought, our critic writes.
Under its new director, the event is shining a spotlight on countries and performers rarely represented on the biggest European stages.
Tiago Rodrigues said the Avignon Festival, which he leads, would become "a festival of resistance," juggling activism with the premiere of a new play.
Grégory Milan, who works with Biles and the French national team, has found a home in gymnastics, though his pure dance background is unusual in the sport.
The Spanish director and performer Angélica Liddell elicited a standing ovation at the Avignon Festival in spite of her attacks on critics.
An Arabic production of Wajdi Mouawad's 1991 work, planned to open in Lebanon, was canceled because of his perceived ties to Israel. It found a home in France.
The French writer Laurent Gaudé taps into collective trauma from the Nov. 13, 2015 terrorist outrage and channels it into something like catharsis.
The revival of a 2006 work by Thomas Jolly, the director masterminding the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics, shows his gift for visual flamboyance.
New productions of "Macbeth" and "Hamlet" follow a French tradition of adapting familiar works. The results are innovative, and sometimes cryptic.
After roles dried up, Dominique Blanc reclaimed her artistic agency by taking a one-woman play on the road. Now she's making a rare appearance in Manhattan.
Romeo Castellucci's production of the classic play by Jean Racine is all about the lead performer " and that's it.
A series of events in preparation for the Paris Olympics explores a paradox, since arts and sports rarely mix in France.
The new show by Alexis Michalik, a star of commercial theater, wades into political battles in France, where immigration restrictions have been at the forefront of the government's agenda.
Krystian Lupa's latest work had its premiere in Paris after an earlier attempt collapsed. The delay would have been a good time to rethink the four-and-a-half-hour show.
A new show in Paris by Maëlle Poésy tells the story of the Mercury 13 space program, with choreographed movement and acrobatic sequences.
In Paris, a new production from Richard Nelson imagines a day on tour with Konstantin Stanislavski's theater company in 1923, but misses the historical context.
For the Scottish Ballet production of Cinderella, titled "Cinders!," some performances flip the traditional gender roles. The dancers "were all kind of like: 'OK. How does that work?'"
Rébecca Chaillon's "Carte Noire Named Desire" provoked harassment in France this summer, leading one actor to pull out of a new run in Paris.
The provocations in Milo Rau's stage adaptation, featuring actors with Down syndrome, confuse the production as it grapples with weighty issues.
The Théâtre de la Ville, now named for Sarah Bernhardt, reopened after a seven-year renovation. But its once-radical approach to dance is now less of a calling card.
"Holidays," the first musical to include the pop icon's songs, arrives just days before her "Celebration" tour starts. But matching the star's talents is a challenge.
A new play by Alexander Zeldin recreates his mother's winding, painful path to a life of her own.
The American choreographer has 46 engagements this year, including a monthslong retrospective of his work in Paris. But he is making plans for a "second act" away from the dance world.
The Avignon Festival's new director wants to spotlight drama in a different language each year. This year's first installment had some conventional choices.
In an ethically murky show at the Avignon Festival, the Brazilian performer Carolina Bianchi opens up about how she was drugged and abused, then knocks herself out with a spiked cocktail.
