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Whim W’him: Ballet 6.0 at the Joyce Theater….
Andrew Bartee & Vincent Lopez in Olivier Wevers’ Monster, Whim W’him. Photo: Bamberg Fine Art The Joyce Theater’s Ballet 6.0 is a unique festival at that has been running from Aug. 6th and...
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the impulse wants company: Troy Schumacher, BalletCollective & Ballet 6.0….
BalletCollective’s Taylor Stanley. Photo: © Lora Robertson There is just something special about BalletCollective that goes beyond the exquisite dancers and brilliant choreography of Troy Schumacher....
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Marie Tallchief (1925-2013)…
Maria Tallchief in George Balanchine’s Le Baiser de la Fée, one of many ballets in which the choreographer explored woman as muse and as unattainable object, a theme that is interwoven with his...
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Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty to Feature Original Cast | NY City Center...
Matthew Bourne’s SLEEPING BEAUTY – Photo by Simon Annand Matthew Bourne stated “I am delighted to announce that we will be bringing the entire original cast with us on this much anticipated tour of the...
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New York City Ballet’s New Beginning | A 9/11 Commemorative Film….
To commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the New York City Ballet at dawn on September 12 released a film, New Beginnings, of two of its principals dancing at sunrise on the...
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Sergei Polunin: The Fragile Balance, a Film by Jem Goulding….
Sergei Polunin’s first rehearsal in Siberia. Picture: Viktor Dmitriyev, Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre Leaving Ukraine at the tender age of 13 to join London’s Royal Ballet School, Sergei Polunin...
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Matthew Golding to join The Royal Ballet as a Principal….
Matthew Golding in Paquita, with the Dutch National Ballet © Angela Sterling Canadian dancer Matthew Golding is to join The Royal Ballet as a Principal in February 2014. His first performance will be...
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Sider: The Forsythe Company at BAM….
The Forsythe Company: Fabrice Mazliah Photo Credit: Julieta Cervantes William Forsythe’s Sider takes place in universe unbeknownst to the average human. It is a place of defined rules that are known...
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Preview of Johan Inger’s Rain Dogs | Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet….
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet in Johan Inger’s “Rain Dogs”; Photo by Jim Stott. Courtesy of Cedar Lake, Inc. My admiration for the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is no secret. So I was thrilled when...
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Cuban Ballet Dancers Circulate Grievance | National Ballet of Cuba….
The National Ballet of Cuba (BNC), directed by prima ballerina assoluta Alicia Alonso, will begin on September 6 a tour of the main theaters of Spain, to be run until December. By Ivette Leyva Martinez...
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Azari Plisetsky’s Canto Vital | Ballet Nacional de Cuba….
Canto Vital (Song of Nature) Performed during the Havana International Ballet Competition 2012 Presentación de «Canto vital» en el Gran Teatro de La Habana, el 7 de noviembre de 2010, durante la Gala...
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Red Swan: Ballet in China’s Cultural Revolution….
Zhao Ruheng, Artistic Director of the National Ballet © Photo courtesy of the National Ballet of China In the last act of Swan Lake, the Black Swan must perform 32 fouettes — in other words, spin 32...
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet at the Joyce, Nov.19 – Dec 1, 2013 ….
Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s Edgar Anido, Photo: Melissa Bartucci If I were Dwight Rhoden, after reading Gia Kourlas’ review in the New York Times, I would find it very hard to even contemplate...
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Valentina Kozlova’s International Contemporary Choreographers & Dancers...
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN RegistrationForm2014.pdf Deadline for Applications: March 30, 2014 Deadline for applicants is March 30, 2014 and instructions may be viewed on the website. Kozlova has...
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American Dancer David Donnelly Joins The Royal Ballet….
David Donnelly in La Destinee. Photograph : Johan Persson David Donnelly is a phenomenally talented young dancer that I first saw when he performed during the finals of the 2012 Youth American Grand...
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BalletNext to Perform 3 Original Works By Brian Reeder at New York Live Arts,...
Featuring 3 Original Works By Acclaimed choreographer & former American Ballet Theatre (ABT) dancer Brian Reeder Live music will be provided by the BalletNext Ensemble led by noted Israeli cellist...
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David Hallberg performing Frederick Ashton’s Dance of the Blessed Spirit….
Dance of the Blessed Spirits Choreography: Frederick Ashton Dancer: David Hallberg Music: Christoph Willibald von Gluck’s 1774 “Orphée et Euridice,” Frederick Ashton’s Dance of the Blessed Spirit was...
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Les Ballets de Monte Carlo & Jean-Christophe Maillot’s LAC (after Swan Lake)...
New York’s premiere of Jean-Christophe Maillot’s personal vision of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake. It is a vast challenge for any choreographer to tackle this legendary piece which is so well-known...
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Kino Lorber Presents Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq, Feb. 5th, 2014….
Kino Lorber Presents Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq Premieres in NYC on February 5th, 2014, at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center at Lincoln Center This is two weeks prior to the New York...
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Gone too Soon: Ivan Nagy, Star of American Ballet Theater Dies at 70….
Ivan Nagy, Cincinnati Ballet artistic director, 1986-89. (Publicity photo from the 1980s.) Ivan Nagy was artistic director at Cincinnati Ballet for a short few years but his tenure was critical to the...
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