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It’s hard not to resent Sergei Polunin a little bit. After walking away from his principal position at The Royal Ballet at age 23, frustrated—as he later told Dance Magazine—by the lack of support, money and exposure he was getting as a ballet dancer, now it looks like he’s having his cake and eating it, […]

Last fall, Yasmine Naghdi’s debut as Juliet was an instant sensation in London. Hers was a raw, touchingly youthful account of the role. With effortless technique and musicality, she allowed Kenneth MacMillan’s steps to sing. Of Persian and Belgian descent, the British first soloist, who joined The Royal Ballet in 2010, is now establishing herself […]

Yesterday, Britain voted to exit the European Union, a historic decision that has already shaken the world. It’s impossible to imagine the full impact of this exit (colloquially called “Brexit”) over time. How will Britain’s independence from the EU affect British dance companies? Could it have larger implications for dance throughout Europe? It’s definitely possible. Prior […]

Polunin modeling Marc Jacobs for Numéro Homme Ballet’s favorite bad boy, Sergei Polunin, is in the limelight again. He’s the subject of a new bio-doc, called DANCER. The international trailer was just released this week, and it’s as dramatic as you’d expect. Fittingly, the background music is none other than Hozier’s Take Me To Church—you’ll remember the music video because it featured […]

Throw together a night of performances by international dancers, sprinkle in some teenage competition winners’ solos, and call it something cute: That would seem to be the recipe for Youth America Grand Prix’s “Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow” gala, happening this Thursday and Friday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Except, the name of this annual program is eerily prescient. When […]

Joffrey Ballet in Romeo and Juliet, photo by Cheryl Mann Ballet companies are betting big on stories next season. Several major troupes announced their 2016/17 plans recently, and I’ve noticed one major trend: It seems like we’ll be seeing more narrative work than ever before. National Ballet of Canada will present only one mixed rep program the whole season, […]

Natalia Osipova and Sergei Polunin broke the ballet internet in November when they confirmed their relationship to the press. She, one of ballet’s most explosive performers, and he, its high-profile bad boy, declared their offstage partnership, and juicily alleged that directors were trying to stifle their creative one. But what perhaps made it even more […]

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY (in order of how strongly it hit me) Polaris, by Crystal Pite with 6 Kidd Pivot dancers and 60 NYU Tisch Dance students. Massive. Inventive. Shocking in its brutal beauty, masterful in its craft. It was part of “Thomas Adès: Concentric Paths—Movements in Music,” commissioned by Sadler’s Wells in 2014, brought to NYC […]