May 31, 2019
“Some Enchanted Ending: Debuts and Other Spectacular Feats at City Ballet”
by Gia Kourlas
“But Sara Mearns, as Titania in Midsummer, was a rush — of eloquent amplitude and daring. The way she uses her weight to tip herself off-balance and right herself again gives her dancing a lush sense of tension and release. Her vivid acting is on another level, too. Titania’s duet with Bottom, a weaver transformed into a donkey by the mischievous Puck, was elevated by her glamorous daffiness. “