Training at The Juilliard School. Signing a contract for an international tour. Seeing your name on the schedule at Millennium Dance Complex. These are the kinds of opportunities that draw aspiring professionals to major dance destinations like New York City and Los Angeles, which are teeming with resources that most dancers’ hometowns can’t offer. And […]
Dear Editor, I’ve just read Emma Sandall’s piece on hyperextension and the 180-degree position. It’s intelligent, interesting, well-written. But there are a few mistakes and some misleading remarks. I can’t resist writing the following. 1. If Guillem says Fonteyn said would have lifted her leg higher if she could, then that’s what Guillem says. But […]
Just before retiring in 2015, Sylvie Guillem appeared on “HARDtalk with Zeinab Badawi,” the BBC’s hard-hitting interview program. Badawi told Guillem, “Clement Crisp of the Financial Times, 14 years ago, described your dancing as vulgar.” Guillem responded, “Yeah, well, he said that. But at the same time, when they asked Margot Fonteyn what she thought […]
Every dancer knows deep in their heart that dance is only a temporary profession, yet we devote our lives to it anyway. We feel called to it. I never felt like I had a choice; I could not imagine doing anything else with my life. I started training at 3, and became immediately obsessed, grand […]
It is a great tragedy for dance history that iconic ballet partnerships like Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev or Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov weren’t able to document their backstage shenanigans on social media. (Okay, maybe not a great tragedy, but you have to admit that you’re curious.) Lucky for us, that isn’t the case […]
Your Saturday nights are about to go from “Netflix and chill” to “Marquee and chill.” (Okay, maybe we’ll need to coin a new phrase). But seriously, the new streaming app Marquee Arts TV lets you curl up with Bolshoi Ballet’s Swan Lake, Sylvie Guillem dancing Mats Ek’s solo Bye, a dance film by Cullberg Ballet […]
Mikhail Baryshnikov has yet another honor to add to his impressive trophy case: The renowned Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award given by the Japan Art Association. The lifetime achievement award, given every year since 1989, celebrates artistic fields not covered by the Nobel Prize. And it comes with quite a notable financial gift: 15 million […]
It’s summer, it’s almost the weekend, it’s the afternoon—if ever there were a moment for a dance video break, this is it. So, what are you in the mood for? Something quick and fun? Tomorrow’s #LCSwing-goers are in for a cameo treat from @ABTBallet dancers @JamesBWhiteside + Cassandra Trenary—here’s a sneak peek. pic.twitter.com/kCSTJve0GV — Lincoln […]
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