What’s next for the dance world? Our annual list of the dancers, choreographers and companies that are on the verge of skyrocketing has a pretty excellent track record of answering that question. Here they are: the 25 up-and-coming artists we believe represent the future of our field. Photo by Jayme Thornton Evan Ruggiero Evan Ruggiero’s […]
When Raja Feather Kelly was in high school, his weekends consisted of shuttling between two opposing extracurricular activities: competitive dance and competitive speech and debate. One demanded the virtuosity of the body, the other prized the virtuosity of the brain. “And my mouth!” he adds. One day he’d be whipping off fouettés, and the next, […]
It had been 10 years since Leigh-Ann Esty had sung (barring some legendary karaoke nights) when she was cast as Rosalia in Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite at Miami City Ballet. Two years later, the tour of An American in Paris, which her twin sister, Sara, was leading as Lise, was in search of […]
Every dancer knows that how you fuel your body affects how you feel in the studio. Of course, while breakfast is no more magical than any other meal (despite the enduring myth that it’s the most important one of the day), showing up to class hangry is a recipe for unproductive studio time. So what […]
From barre classes to fitness influencers and athleisure outfits, the concept of “wellness” has fully taken over the cultural zeitgeist—and infiltrated the dance world. But wellness is more than just celery juice and healing crystals. It’s a multi-trillion-dollar industry that’s helping people live healthier lives, and putting dancers in a unique position to capitalize on […]
A ballet once banned in the USSR is set for an historic revival this November in Gainesville, Florida. In 1948, Alberto Alonso, along with his brother Fernando and sister-in-law Alicia, co-founded what became the Ballet Nacional de Cuba. During a 1966 company tour to Russia, legendary Bolshoi ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, impressed by Alonso’s choreography, asked […]
Recently in rehearsal there was a moment when time simply stopped. We were working on the wedding pas from The Sleeping Beauty, and I became completely unaware of the visitors who had come to watch. I was even unaware of the watchful eyes of my ballet master. All that I knew in that moment was […]
Former New York City Ballet dancer Wilhelmina Frankfurt questions what’s missing in the investigation of Peter Martins
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