Hamlet. For many this word may invoke memories of tedious readings of the play in high school. Others may only know the word in association with a bearded Mel Gibson who is visited by his father’s ...

In Stephen Mills’ ballet version of “Hamlet,” the titular character is a man of multiple dimensions. While slowly slipping into madness, the line between reality and the imagined becomes blurred; ...

The most famous soliloquy of all times, "to be or not to be", will be "spoken" without uttering a word, through dance movements. Shakespeare's play Hamlet will be presented as a full-length ballet, ...

Ballet is often about the intersection of classic stories and instantly recognizable classical music. But there's an undeniable daring velocity in bringing together Shakespeare's text sans prose and ...

October 27, 2000, marked the start of a new era in Austin dance. Stephen Mills, then freshly anointed as artistic director of Ballet Austin, premiered a full-length dance. This time, it was not a ...

Alas, poor “Hamlet,” I knew you as a splendid play . . . and I really wish you’d stay that way. To be blunt, you’re not a very good ballet. This was the clearest point made in the Washington Ballet’s ...

It was a duel to the death for their characters, Hamlet and Laertes, in the final scene of Stephen Mills’ “Hamlet,” a contemporary ballet adaptation of Shakespeare’s play. The end of this duel is also ...

Two unconventional Hamlets are happening in Brisbane theatres simultaneously. We brought their makers together to compare ...