Some nights, you head home buzzing with energy. After last night’s Dance Magazine Awards, we were dancing with it. We had the privilege of honoring four legends of our field—Rennie Harris, Marika Molnar, Linda Celeste Sims and Diana Vishneva—in a ceremony that was filled with inspiration and beauty. Joshua Culbreath in Doubt & Dolo. Photo […]
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 […]
For years, Diana Vishneva seemed to be an exotic creature who landed in New York City: If we held our collective breath long enough, perhaps she wouldn’t fly away. But last June, this Russian ballerina did just that after delivering her farewell performance of Onegin with American Ballet Theatre, where she had been a principal […]
We are back at New York City Center for The Red Shoes. Matthew Bourne’s sumptuous version sticks with the story told in the wildly popular 1948 film. I have to admit I’m not crazy about the idea that Victoria Page, a beautiful young dancer, must choose between work and love. Plus, it uses ballet, once […]
Gemma Bond’s intelligence—and knack for detail—never fails to shine through her dancing. It makes sense, then, that the American Ballet Theatre corps members is also a budding choreographer. After making works for ABT’s Innovation Initiative and New York Theatre Ballet, as well as for her own pickup ensemble, her name is beginning to pop up […]
Nominations for our Readers’ Choice Awards are underway, and you’ve been sending in tons of exciting ones. As a reminder, we’re compiling nominations in seven categories: Best Viral Video Most Moving Performance Biggest Choreographic Breakthrough Coolest Collaboration Best Dance Documentary Most Inventive New Work Funniest Performance We’ll choose our favorites, then ask you to vote […]
In January of 2016, we put a promising American Ballet Theatre corps de ballet dancer named Sterling Baca on our cover as a “25 to Watch.” Soon after, he shocked us by announcing he’d be leaving ABT to join Pennsylvania Ballet as a principal. Since then, Baca’s thrived at PAB, becoming one of their most […]
The entire audience cheered as they lifted their iPhones to capture the teary-faced Diana Vishneva’s gratitude toward Marcelo Gomes. Last Friday, the great Russian ballerina said goodbye to American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House. Vishneva and Gomes danced a powerful Onegin, and we didn’t want to let them go. During the stream of […]
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