More and more dancers are breaking stride with the conventions of beauty in our field—both in what’s considered a beautiful dancing body and what’s considered beautiful artistically. Dance Magazine interviewed nine forward-looking dancers and choreographers to get their insights. We asked them three questions: What do you find beautiful onstage? How has this changed for […]
Zena Rommett is the originator of the Zena Rommett Floor-Barre and Ballet Technique. Her early training under Balanchine and other Russian masters in NYC led to her performing throughout Europe and in several Broadway musicals. During her 60 years of teaching, students have included Tommy Tune, Lar Lubovitch, Patrick Swayze, Judith Jamison, and several generations […]
SARAWANEE TANATANIT Even in the corps of American Ballet Theatre, Sarawanee Tanatanit stands out for her striking look and daring quality. In past City Center seasons, Tanatanit, 24, has reveled in such repertoire as Within You Without You: A Tribute to George Harrison, where she sparkled in Ann Reinking’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” and […]
On November 5, Dance Magazine will (for the 50th time!) present its annual awards to dance artists who have made a major contribution to our field. This year’s recipients are Desmond Richardson, Wendy Whelan, Bettie de Jong, and Bebe Neuwirth. Here we single out some of their extraordinary accomplishments. To get more information about this […]
A former dancer with Lar Lubovitch’s company, Gerri Houlihan is renowned for her fluid fusion of modern and ballet techniques that serves today’s contemporary dancers. Houlihan trained with Antony Tudor and José Limón at the Juilliard School. For the last 20 summers, she has taught modern dance at the American Dance Festival at Duke University. […]
Hubbard Street 2, the second company of HSDC, has an action-packed schedule. Six dancers between the ages of 17 and 25 work for 44 weeks a year rehearsing and performing in schools, colleges, and community theater. They have toured in the U.S. and internationally to Canada, Switzerland, and South Africa; this year they go to […]
For Cheryl Mann, it was a typical night of performing with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Things got off to a rousing start with Daniel Ezralow’s SF/LB, a burst of perpetual motion and tricky counterpoint set to a jazzy Leonard Bernstein score. Then came the world premiere of Lar Lubovitch’s Love Stories, in which Mann had […]
With her sweeping lines, improbably arched feet, eloquent port de bras, and dramatic intention behind every step, Alessandra Ferri breathed life into ballet. She made her indelible mark on the ballet repertory and inspired audiences and fellow dancers alike. She joined American Ballet Theatre in 1985, and on June 23, she will take her final […]
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