“Don’t look at the mirror, look at your feet,” Michelle Dorrance corrects. Smiling at the counterintuitive suggestion, Gillian Murphy, Devon Teuscher and Christine Shevchenko—American Ballet Theatre principals accustomed to projecting up and out to opera house balconies—look down at their pointe shoes as they shuffle into a line of tight fifth positions. As polyrhythmic strains […]
We’ll admit it: As excited as we are for fall performance season to start, we are in deep, deep denial that the end of summer is in sight. And we’re also experiencing some serious FOMO looking at the vacation photos flooding our Instagram feeds from some of our favorite dancers and choreographers. So where in […]
American Ballet Theatre’s two months of performances at New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House can be an exciting but demanding time for the dancers. With nine ballets in eight weeks including Whipped Cream and Harlequinade, a night off is hard to come by. David Hallberg on Instagram: “Weeks end. This week was building Romeo. Building […]
American Ballet Theatre artist in residence Alexei Ratmansky‘s latest full-length, a reconstruction of Marius Petipa’s Harlequinade, premieres tonight as part of ABT’s spring season. Here’s a glimpse of what it takes to produce a new ballet of this scale: It has been 10 months since American Ballet Theatre began planning its new production of Harlequinade, […]
The wait for Alexei Ratmansky’s restaging of Petipa’s Harlequinade is almost over! But if you can’t wait until American Ballet Theatre officially debuts the ballet at the Metropolitan Opera House on June 6, we’ve got you covered. ABT brought the Harlequinade characters to life (and to the Alder Mansion in Yonkers, NY) in a short […]
Want to feel really old? Your fave dance crew from Center Stage has been reminding us that this week marks 18 years since the premiere of the greatest dance movie of all time. But no matter how many years have passed, it seems the cast is still divided on the whole Cooper-Charlie-Jody love triangle. #TeamCharlie […]
In case you missed it, some of the American Ballet Theatre crew are in the Philippines, preparing for a fundraising gala and performance organized by principal dancer (and Philippines native) Stella Abrera. While Abrera and her co-workers—including her ABT besties Gillian Murphy and Isabella Boylston—prepare for the April 7 show benefitting the children of CENTEX […]
You know you’ve got something going for you when stars from New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theatre—plus our favorite celebrity dance fan, Jennifer Garner—are all fangirling about you on Instagram. The man of the hour is Nick Palmquist, a choreographer and teacher who can often be found dishing out irresistibly sultry commercial jazz […]
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