Are ballet companies different when led by a female artistic director? Before becoming its artistic director, Karen Kain danced for every director in National Ballet of Canada’s history, then staged ballets, did fundraising and observed the administrative offices under her predecessor James Kudelka. But she wasn’t ambitious for the top job. Although she had a […]
It’s a big week in dance. From ballet to Broadway, there’s a lot to keep up with, but we’ve got you covered. Here are the five danciest happenings that you should know about today. 1. “Wherefore art thou Romeo?” Alessandra Ferri reprises her famous Juliet tonight with Herman Cornejo at American Ballet Theatre. At 53, she’s still got it. […]
If you’re like me, you’ve had December 5 logged in your brain and on your DVR for some time. It is, of course, when country superstar Carrie Underwood and True Blood vampire Stephen Moyer become Fraulein Maria and Captain Von Trapp in NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live!”. The stakes are high—they’re performing the […]
Even if you don’t take home a medal, you might take home a job offer. Teddy Forance working with Travis Wall (kneeling) of Shaping Sound for the reality show All the Right Moves. Oxygen Media/Trae Patton. Contemporary dancer Teddy Forance is a fixture in the L.A. dance scene. Among other gigs, he’s a co-director […]
Retirement In Mark Morris’ Dido and Aeneas, Bradon McDonald danced the dual roles of Dido/the Sorceress with such contained abandon that he resembled a young Morris—in spirit. The roles were McDonald’s favorites even before his decade with the Mark Morris Dance Group, from which he recently retired. “When I joined the company in 2000, […]
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