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Voices from the ABT Studio Company
As the new year begins, many young dancers are already thinking about where they will continue their training this summer as auditions for 2019 Ballet Summer Intensives are right around the corner. Many have dreams of becoming professional ballet dancers and know that giving up long holidays at the beach is often part of the…
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Ballet Body Image
Ballet dancers are obsessed with having the ideal ballet body. But what does that even mean? And what if there were a way that focus on artistry and technique were always just as important as focus on “perfecting” our ballet body image? Most dancers owe much of this obsession to their self-inflicted struggle to be…
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The Kennedy Center Presents American Ballet Theatre’s Harlequinade
The Kennedy Center presents American Ballet Theatre in Alexei Ratmansky’s Harlequinade for the company’s 2019 engagement. Annually, America’s National Ballet Company makes an appearance in its capital and this year they bring Ratmansky’s reconstruction of Marius Petipa’s classic, comedic ballet Les Millions d’Arlequin. Harlequinade makes its DC premiere less than a year after its world…
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The Kennedy Center Presents Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella
The Kennedy Center presents Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella a little over a year after the revival’s debut in London. Bourne (who won a Tony Award® for both Best Choreographer and Best Director for Swan Lake) has choreographed for his company, New Adventures, a re-imagined version of this classic fairy tale while maintaining tradition by using Sergei Prokofiev’s famous score.…
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An Interview with Graham Lustig: On Nutcracker and Bees
Graham Lustig After a successful opening of its 2018-2019 season with Luna Mexicana, Oakland Ballet Company is ready to head back to the Paramount Theatre to perform Artistic Director Graham Lustig’s The Nutcracker on December 22 and 23. This is truly a production filled with local talent; along with his company dancers, the Oakland Symphony and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir…
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Yuli: The Revealing Biographical Movie About Carlos Acosta
Yuli, the biopic about Carlos Acosta – one of the greatest ballet dancers of all times – has been nominated for 5 Goya awards (the Goya awards are the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars). Directed by Iciar Bollain, the film tells of Acosta’s childhood in his native Cuba and follows his growth to stardom. Based…
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Test Your Nutcracker Ballet Knowledge
You’ve danced or seen the ballet for years, perhaps even decades! Are you up to the challenge to take this Nutcracker ballet quiz to see what you really know?
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Sleeping Beauty Dreams Review: The Virtual and the Real Awaken Art Basel
December 7, 2018 Diana Vishneva Sleeping Beauty Dreams Miami Beach, FL Nestled amid the exciting visual and performing art events of Miami’s 16th annual Art Basel, Sleeping Beauty Dreams, played to a partially full house December 7 and 8 at Miami-Dade’s Adrienne Arsht Center. This version of Sleeping Beauty interpreted the moves of our heroine,…
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Ballet West Review: The Most Stunning Nutcracker of Them All
December 6, 2018 Ballet West The Nutcracker Washington D.C. The Nutcracker is a holiday classic that you can find in almost every American city – big or small – and this year our nation’s most prominent performing arts center The Kennedy Center presents Ballet West as their Christmas stars this season. There is no doubt why Willam…
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Dance of the Four Swans from Swan Lake
Call it what you like – Dance of the Four Swans, Dance of the Cygnets, The Four Little Swans – but this pas de quatre from Swan Lake is one of the most iconic dances in one of the most iconic classical ballets of all time. It is a coveted role for a ballerina, one…