Janet Collins, Raven Wilkinson, Debra Austin, Nora Kimball, Misty Copeland, Francesca Hayward. All of these successful black ballet dancers have something in common: they skew toward the fairer end of the sepia spectrum. Onstage, the duskiness of their complexions can be all but washed out, bleached by the lights. From the audience, they could present […]
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We all walked out of the Metropolitan Opera House on a high from basking in the glorious history of American Ballet Theatre. On Monday night, 24 excerpts from 23 ballets were rolled out before our eyes (and ears, with the ABT orchestra playing live), interspersed with spoken comments and film clips. Watching the long series […]
What’s behind the recent comeback of narrative ballets? The Royal Ballet’s Jonathan Howells and Sarah Lamb in Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Photo by Johan Persson, Courtesy Royal Opera House Everyone loves a good story. They drive our imaginations, teach us life lessons and entertain us. They also warn us not to hold grudges […]
With the Affordable Care Act, dancers must carry insurance or pay a penalty. Here’s a cheat sheet. Barry Kerollis found himself in a health insurance conundrum after leaving his job with Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2011. He joined a contemporary ballet company that did not provide insurance, so he continued his PNB coverage through COBRA […]
Anti-bullying programs that aim to start a conversation and stop the violence Students of Project Moves Photo by Megan Belanger, Courtesy Gold Teased, taunted, and left out, the Ugly Duckling is an unhappy loner in Robert Mills’ 2005 ballet based on the Hans Christian Andersen story. The scenes performed in The Ugly Duckling are […]
Amid barbeques and beach trips, there are plenty of dance events to check out this Memorial Day weekend. Late May officially kicks off spring recital season, but as you know, not all school productions mean hours of toddlers in tutus “sashaying”—don’t you mean chassé-ing?!—to top 40 hits. Jump start your weekend with tickets to Purchase […]
Busting out at Danco You can always depend on Philadanco for full-out, hold-nothing-back energy. This month the famed Philadelphia company brings a full palette: hip-hop master Rennie Harris’ new Wake Up, a restaging of George Faison’s 1971 Suite Otis (deemed an American masterpiece by the National Endowment for the Arts), a new work by Matthew […]
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