Month: June 2017
Contemporary ballet

The Archeology of Dance: American Contemporary Ballet dates back to 1890 with revealing findings

High above downtown Los Angeles, in a cavernous room with almost as many mirrors as windows, the dancers of the American Contemporary Ballet and seven valiant musicians used short pieces to explore one of the most depths of human culture: the influence of the past on the gift. Almost all companies that dance 19th century […]
Classical ballet

The journey of two boys from Mumbai into the world of classical ballet

“Yeh ballet kya cheez hai? What is this thing called ballet? asks Amir at the start of the film. Manish, who had saved up and treated himself to modern dance lessons around the same time, had no idea either. Just two and a half years later, both rose from very humble backgrounds to school at […]