Out of Africa DanceAfrica and its founder Chuck Davis are taking audiences to a different part of the African continent this season with the Pamodzi Dance Troupe of Zambia. Pamodzi, an offshoot of the Zambia National Dance Troupe in southern Africa, perform a style that emphasizes the waist and buttocks instead of the […]
Morgan’s Home in Mobile New York City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan (“On the Rise,” May 2008) returns to her Alabama roots when she goes back to perform with the youth company where her dance dreams started. Morgan will guest with the Mobile Ballet, dancing the role of Aurora in the company’s production of […]
As usual, I have no discipline when it comes to narrowing down my favorites to 10 best. There are way too many performances and people that I loved. Â On another note, the deaths of two giants, Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch, cast a shadow over the whole year. But they also reminded us that […]
Meet 2010’s showstoppers William Wingfield and Whitney Jensen, two of our 2010 “25 to Watch.” Photo by Matthew Karas. Robert Fairchild If there was ever a crush-worthy ballet boy, it’s 22-year-old Robert Fairchild. A new principal with New York City Ballet, Fairchild beckons the viewer with innocent, pool-like dark eyes and […]
People love to discover new talent, but mature talent is exciting too. However, it’s often said that just when a dancer reaches her peak of artistry, her body starts to give way. Here we profile three great ballerinas who have been around the block and are still in top form, physically and artistically: Leanne Benjamin […]
“Three Solos and a Duet” Mikhail Baryshnikov and Ana Laguna The Broad Stage, Santa Monica College • Santa Monica, CA • September 4–5, 2009 Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf If there’s anything that Mikhail Baryshnikov cannot do—besides, perhaps, split atoms—nobody’s told him. Now 61, he could have rested on his ballet laurels, but having moved […]
Laura O’Malley, Evan McKie, Friedemann Vogel, and Diana Martinez Morales in EDEN/EDEN by Wayne McGregor. © Stuttgart Ballet. The fearless Stuttgart ballerina Marcia Haydée once said, “A dancer is only as good as the choreographers they have the chance to work with.” John Cranko, the Stuttgart Ballet’s founder (who died in 1973), introduced […]
I never liked the title Fame for a movie about kids training to be performers. Maybe singers and actors fantasize about fame, but for dancers it’s not about that. It ’s about passion, discipline, and motivation. It’s about transformation on the stage. It’s about the daily work of developing your artistry […]
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