Daniel Levins, a dancer sometimes known professionally as Daniel Levans, who rose to prominence as a teenager in Eliot Feld’s famous American Ballet Company and as a principal dancer in the American Ballet Theater in the 1970, died September 15 in Brooklyn. He was 61 years old. Her husband, Eugene Gabriel-Thomas Walsh, said the cause […]
It was late Friday afternoon after the first week of school at Helena, but Caitlin Mathews, Sasha Shkurigin and Aubrey Bode were just starting work at Queen City Ballet. Campbell Midgley walked into the studio – a no-frills room with walls of mirrors and brick lined with black metal bars. Midgley rang the steps and […]
Ballet isn’t often served with champagne truffles, but Los Angeles-based American Contemporary Ballet invited audiences to enjoy confections, both literal and figurative, during weekend performances of “Waltz- Fantaisie” by George Balanchine and cinematographic choreography by Fred Astaire. Part of the Friday-Sunday “Music + Dance: LA” program at the downtown Farmers & Merchants Bank building, “Valse-Fantaisie” […]
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The Blue Train proved to be the perfect personality piece for Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet, bringing out the playful side of the company as the dancers frolic and tease in their expansive portrayal of wealthy French vacationers. The obscure 1924 ballet uses the favorite sports of the wealthy – tennis, swimming and golf – to parody […]
In a good production of this classic, two moments should be delightfully sensual; revealing too. In the first act, the farmhouse casement window opens to show us the Sylph with all the woods behind her; we feel the beauty not only of this heroine, but also of the larger natural world that she represents. And […]
Eight young women, including three with ties to Clackamas County, have qualified to compete and compete in the Youth America Grand Prix Finals April 10-15 at Lincoln Center in New York City. Calling the event the “Ballet Olympics,” Sarah Rigles, principal of the Classical Ballet Academy on Southeast Milwaukie Avenue in Portland, where all the […]
Melancholy. Fiery. Sensual. Piano Trio in A minor by Tchaikovsky, Op. 50, a monumental work composed in 1882, covers the whole emotional range. Add a balletic element, and it flies away. He is the rare choreographer capable of materializing this haunting and haunting work. Lincoln Jones, artistic director of the American Contemporary Ballet, rose to […]
In 2007, Misty Copeland became one of classical ballet’s most recognizable figures when she secured a spot as the first black soloist in two decades to perform with American Ballet Theatre. Five years later, she continued to make history by becoming the first African-American woman to take on the title role in Igor Stravinsky’s iconic […]
When New York City Ballet’s “city.ballet” debuts Nov. 4 on AOL On, the ballet and AOL are hoping for mutual gains: New York City Ballet reaches a larger audience than it could hold for an entire his 21-week season. at Lincoln Center, and AOL is adding a nerd program to its lineup of web series. […]
This meant the company was still doing the classics, from baroque dances to Gisele at Balanchine, but Lefèvre has also opened the doors of the Paris Opera to contemporary choreographers such as Merce Cunningham, Trisha Brown and William Forsythe; and more recently to Wayne McGregor, Emanuel Gat and Anne-Teresa de Keersmaeker – few of them, […]
Dyed Contemporary BalletThe Joyce Theatre, New York November 17 to 29, 2009 Reviewed by Christopher Atamian by Rhoden Pity. Photo by Lee Talner, courtesy of Complexions. Dwight Rhoden certainly knows how to cheer up a crowd. His entertaining, fast-paced compositions possess remarkable kinetic energy, like pumped-up Broadway numbers danced at lightning speed. If that’s all […]