San Francisco Ballet at Alexei Ratmansky’s West Coast Premiere Seasons San Francisco Ballet’s final program of the 2022 season covers a parcel of territory, like almost two centuries of ballet. Opening with the Bournonvilles The sylph dating from 1836 and generally considered to be the oldest narrative ballet in existence, and ending with Alexei Ratmansky’s […]
Fast Forward offers the opportunity for award-winning and avant-garde choreographers, local and from across the country, to experiment. Choreographers Amy Seiwert, Duncan Cooper, Marika Brussel, Mariana Sobral and Dalia Rawson create brand new works that push the boundaries of classical ballet. Set to music ranging from classical to live-performing singer-songwriters, this program will provide audiences […]
The Columbia Classical Ballet Company will debut its final show of the 2021-22 season “Classic on Edge” on March 18. Behind the three distinct dances that make up the show will be acting artistic director Brookyln Mack, the 35-year-old dance star whose career began with the group. Just under six months ago, that was an […]
Jillian Vanstone (Photo: Karolina Kuras / Courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada) There were quite a few eyebrows raised when principal dancer Jillian Vanstone announced her retirement from the National Ballet of Canada this year after 22 years. For most Vanstone aficionados, there was still a lot of dancing left in her. However, his […]
Provided by Virginia National Ballet Virginia National Ballet ends the 2021-22 season, its ninth season, with the revival of the very popular ballet SNOW WHITE, originally created by VNB in 2017 at the Hylton Performing Arts Center. Snow White, choreographed by VNB Artistic Director Rafik Hegab, was so popular with audiences in 2017 that it […]
“It’s about identifying and cultivating talent,” says Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen. “We have made a concerted effort to provide access from the earliest stages…creating space for diverse voices and very different ways of approaching the art form of dance. It means an open mind to let the ballet go where it wants to […]
Daniel Simkinprincipal dancer with American Ballet Theater from 2012-2020, will return to ABT as a guest artist for select performances during the company’s tours and summer 2022 season at the Metropolitan Opera House, the artistic director Kevin McKenzie. Simkin will dance the role of Basilio in Don Quixote at the Metropolitan Opera House, opposite ABT’s […]
Blink and you’d miss the ruby-shaped dance floor at the Wortham Theater Center on Saturday night. Look up and a cluster of diamond fabric chandeliers towered overhead. Loose gemstones were thrown onto the walls of the grand foyer next to paintings — not portraits — of Houston Ballet dancers dressed in jewel tones. On February […]
Virginia National Ballet is thrilled to be back with a full season at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, after having to take a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic. The company offers a fantastic season, with a wide variety of shows including The Nutcracker in November, Snow White in March, and three new world premieres […]
While many dancers change careers to become choreographers following their retirement from professional performance, Polish dancer Robert Bondara retired from performing because of it. His success as a freelance choreographer had come at a cost, making it difficult to continue to deliver the quality that the Polish National Ballet demanded of its dancers, after company […]
San Francisco Ballet at Tomasson’s threesome | Credit: Erik Tomasson To borrow a line from Simon and Garfunkel, “And here’s to you”, the San Francisco Ballet, coming back – hopefully – forever alive, after a two-year hiatus from COVID. The long-awaited opening night on Tuesday, in front of a vaccinated, 100% masked and screened audience […]
Festival Ballet Providence’s popular series, Up Close on Hope, returns with an exciting new program February 11-20, 2022 at the company’s famed Black Box Theater, 825 Hope Street, in East Providence. This innovative series offers audiences a unique perspective on dance – a visual feast of movement, athleticism and creativity. The show features two world […]
Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces ChoreograpHER, a female-led program celebrating innovative women in all creative fields, including choreography, music, design and visual arts. The program will include five world premieres from New York City Ballet principal dancer and choreographer Tiler Peck, choreographer Claudia Schreier, visual artist Shantell Martin, Boston Ballet principal dancer and […]
Provided by Virginia National Ballet The Virginia National Ballet is delighted to be back with a full season at the Hylton Performing Arts Center, after taking a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic. The company has a fantastic season, with a wide variety of shows, including Nutcracker in November, White as snow in March, and […]
Start the New Year with tickets to the dazzling performances of Paris Ballet and Dance at the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts! Tickets for upcoming Paris Ballet performances go on sale to the public on January 17, including a much-anticipated Cinderella 12th anniversary performance on the Kravis Center main stage in May. […]
CLINTON – After an absence of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Gateway Contemporary Ballet is preparing to give its first recital in 2 years today. All dancers must audition to be a member of the Gateway Contemporary Ballet, and they sign a one-year commitment to dance with the company. This year’s member […]
Artistic Director Tyrone Brooks celebrates his ninth season with the Tallahassee Ballet This year. This step comes right after another: Brooks turned 60 last summer. “The journey never ends,” Brooks remarks. “You are constantly learning because your environment is changing, your world is changing, the community as a whole and culture is changing. “ Holiday […]
In two weeks, the Boston Ballet began an epic series of 35 performances of “The Nutcracker” in 31 days. In May 2022, the company will close its 2021-2022 season with artistic director Mikko Nissinen’s second version of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s work with “Swan Lake”. Between the great classics of Nissinen, the Boston Ballet offers eight […]
Throughout the long history of ballet, there have always been contemporary choreographers who have left their own imprint on the art form. “A contemporary ballet choreographer is one who honors and understands the history of ballet while finding ways to innovate and make relevant what is happening in the present,” said the Dean of the […]
Barry Hughson, Executive Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced that Principal Dancer Jillian Vanstone will retire in 2022 after an incredible 22-year career with the company. Ms. Vanstone will appear in the After the Rain company premiere of Christophe Wheeldon, acquired especially for its farewell performances, from March 23 to 27, 2022. […]
Victoria Blakeley, a senior at Davidson High School, will star in Mobile Ballet’s production of “The Princess and the Frog.” She is the first black lead role in the company’s 34-year history. October can be considered Mobile’s own variation on Groundhog Day: if we emerge from our air-conditioned dens and aren’t drenched in sweat by […]
Brendan Saye, Svetlana Lunkina, Jeannine Haller and Miyoko Koyasu in ‘Apollo’ at Harbourfront Center with the National Ballet of Canada. (Photo: Karolina Kuras) The National Ballet of Canada/Mixed Program A, Harbourfront Concert Stage, August 25-28. (The show is sold out.) The first words that came out of Executive Director Barry Hughson’s mouth as he introduced […]
The West Hartford-based Ballet Theater Company will audition potential members on August 27. Submitted After 22 years of providing high-quality artistic experiences to the Greater Hartford community, the Ballet Theater Company (BTC), located in West Hartford, is thrilled to announce the inauguration of a company of resident dancers for its 23rd season. of representation. Since […]
WEST HARTFORD — The Ballet Theater Company is moving into its next phase with the establishment of a company of resident dancers. The company, which is a non-profit organization, has provided opportunities for professional dancers and performers in Greater Hartford since its inception 22 years ago. However, this is the first time it has offered […]
By Bridgette M. Redman Contributing editor of the weekly Pasadena When there are world-class artists in an organization, giving them carte blanche can create stunningly beautiful works and breathtaking views. The Pasadena Civic Ballet (PCB) hosts two artist-in-residence – principal dancer Petra Conti and her husband, Eris Nezha, also a world-renowned dancer – who produce […]
Boston Ballet presents BB@yourhome: The Art of Classical Ballet, an approximately hour-long program featuring a curated look at the foundations of the art form with excerpts from classical ballet favorites recently filmed in the studio. The Art of Classical Ballet will premiere on March 25 and will be available until April 4. Subscribers will receive […]
The tulle skirts associated with the ballet of the romantic era were introduced in “Le ballet des nonnes” in Act III of Meyerbeer’s opera Robert the devil, premiered at the Paris Opera in 1831. With their themes of love, loss and longing for spiritual transcendence – not to mention their iconic white tulle costumes – […]
The Joyce Theater catapults its scintillating 2019 season that encompasses an array of contemporary international movements with the celebrated and acclaimed COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet. The company and its creators — founding artistic director/choreographer Dwight Rhoden (responsible for 80 ballets for COMPLEXIONS) and co-artistic director Desmond Richardson (ABT’s first African-American principal dancer who also performed on […]
On Saturday afternoons, Alexandra MacDonald performs one of the most difficult movements in classical ballet – the Rose Adagio. “The adage of the rose is iconic,” MacDonald said, speaking weeks before her performance of Princess Aurora in the National Ballet of Canada’s 2018 production. Sleeping Beauty. The technically demanding move comes in the first act […]
One night only, on a world tour with a stop at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, is Complexions Contemporary Dance From Bach to Bowie February 15 at Ferguson Hall. Founded in 1994 by co-collaborators and former members of Alvin AleyDwight Rhoden, master choreographer and legendary dancer Desmond RichardsonComplexions transcends tradition to infuse a […]
“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 […]
LONDON — As an African-American soloist with the UK’s Royal Ballet, Eric Underwood says he’s often asked why the ballet world isn’t very diverse. It’s complicated, says Underwood. Race, income, social hierarchies, and other factors often conspire to create a situation that excludes people of color from the serious pursuit of dance. “I think because […]
Entering its 15th season, Bodiography Contemporary Ballet, like many dance companies, has gone through a number of changes in its lifetime – changes in dancers, repertoire and, to some extent, vision. One constant, however, has been the affable, Energizer Bunny presence of founder/artistic director Maria Caruso. The face, heart and soul of Bodiography, Caruso was […]
Back-to-school season is in full swing and as many young dancers across the country prepare for another big season of dance training, Miami has started its school year without one of its oldest dance schools. and the most prestigious. Ballet Concerto School founders Martha del Pino and Sonia Diaz announced to their student body in […]
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 […]
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. […]