Updated: 2012-12-29 22:00:39
In my last blog, I challenged you to attend one more dance performance than you planned to this winter and spring. I also promised to provide you with some options. My rather long list of options is mostly of dance showcases or performances, but it also includes a few opportunities to work up a sweat, learn [...]
Updated: 2012-12-24 00:39:55
danceviewtimes writers on dancing A Meeting of the Arts Main December 23, 2012 Four for Fall All : Premiere arms that work , quot Lost in Light , quot Kammermusik No . 3, and Sum Stravinsky Pacific Northwest Ballet McCaw Hall Seattle , Washington 3 November 2012 matinee and evening by Helene Kaplan copyright 2012 by Helene Kaplan Peter Boal spoke and wrote that presenting a program of world premieres was a risk . 0160 When it was all over , the program felt familiar , even cozy . The new Mark Morris ballet , Kammermusik No . 3 fit into the cooler end of the neoclassical spectrum , like Boal's choices by Ratmansky , Wheeldon , Robbins , and previously unknown-to-Seattle Balanchine , but the ballets Sum Stravinsky by Kiyon Gaines and Lost in Light by Margaret Mullin , and the contemporary
Updated: 2012-12-21 06:07:10
UPDATE: Thanks to the savvy readers who pointed out my error – Unfortunately the scholarship deadline has passed! However this is an annual scholarship. The 2013 version will be open for applications soon. Each year, the good folks at Harlequin … Continue reading →
Updated: 2012-12-20 15:13:42
Find out the name of Liam Scarlett's second world premiere for Miami City Ballet!
Updated: 2012-12-19 20:38:09
Here’s a holiday special from the always sharp lenses of photographer Alice Pennefather. Wishing you all a Merry Xmas and a very balletic 2013! (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) All Photos: © Alice Pennefather, courtesy of ROH About Alice Pennefather: With a twin brother flying high as a star of the [...]
Updated: 2012-12-18 17:17:57
This week, corps dancer Lexie Overhold gets behind the lens of our Instagram feed, snapping shots of the company preparing for another round of Nutcracker performances at the Arsht Center.
Updated: 2012-12-17 00:42:48
We are very excited to teach you how to combine 6 dance steps together in [...]
Updated: 2012-12-12 00:33:10
In his regular series of journal entries, guest blogger Harper Watters, who recently joined the Houston Ballet corps, has been looking at a dancer’s transition from student to professional. On the other side of the globe, two young dancers – Chua Bi Ru and Kwok Min Yi – are also taking the first steps in their professional [...]
Updated: 2012-12-11 20:17:56
This last week we brought The Nutcracker to The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Despite a few bumps in the road, the trip was extremely successful. We performed seven shows for sold out crowds, usually on their feet for the curtain call. We received a great review from Sarah Kaufman of the Washington Post, who [...]
Updated: 2012-12-10 19:39:57
Corps dancer Chloe Freytag captures the company making Nutcracker MAGIC this week on Instagram!
Updated: 2012-12-10 02:37:00
Our Second Issue of The Ballet Blog Magazine is now available for FREE on the Itunes Store for Ipad or...
Updated: 2012-12-08 13:00:00
This video is the second part to our focus on Fascial mobilisation to increase flexibility. To find out all about...
Updated: 2012-12-06 19:23:17
Discover the backstage secrets about Mother Commedia and how this character is created!
Updated: 2012-12-05 17:41:32
Better late than never, here are some images from the MacMillan triple bill that ends tonight: a gallery by photographer Alice Pennefather featuring Concerto, Las Hermanas and Requiem. (Click on thumbnails to enlarge & see as slideshow) All Photos: © Alice Pennefather, courtesy of ROH About Alice Pennefather: With a twin brother flying high as [...]
Updated: 2012-12-04 22:54:01
Corps dancer Neil Marshall takes over our Instagram feed this week!
Updated: 2012-12-04 14:11:55
In the same way as Alicia Markova in England, Tatiana Leskova is considered an instrumental figure in the development of classical ballet in Brazil. Leskova, who celebrates her 90th birthday this December, is also one of the few surviving direct links to the Ballets Russes era and well-known for her stagings of ballets by Léonide Massine. Born in Paris [...]
