Sylvia presented by The Joffrey Ballet at Auditorium Theatre

Chicago Tribune - Somewhat Recommended

"...Touted as a "female-powered" ballet, "Sylvia" does tempt with its vision of the huntresses, a pack of Amazons led by goddess Diana. Their initial appearance is blazingly dramatic, and when Sylvia and Diana briefly take aim at the audience, you clutch your heart. But after Part I's short-lived interludes, the huntresses virtually disappear in Part II, and Sylvia becomes an ordinary woman, passed from one man to another."

Stage and Cinema - Recommended

"...Yannis Kokkos’ modernistic design and contemporary costumes industriously update a Victorian ballet. Hearts and flowers are replaced with bright color fields, a stylized moon, and a backdrop built from hard edges. Neumeier wants no distractions from the dance–and the results mostly justify the restraint. No repository for unearned nostalgia, his Sylvia is crisp as autumn, a playful invention where love’s intensity and astonishment are measured by an awkward awakening and an eventual demise."