Dance studios and world-renowned theaters are sometimes characterized as “ivory towers,” where serious artists do serious work, far away from the hoi polloi. Even within the field, certain dance figures and pieces can suddenly fall out of fashion. Nevertheless, we found 11 professionals willing to defend their guilty pleasures and pop-cultural obsessions—on the record. […]
How NYCB draws in—and retains—coveted young audiences The young Justin Peck has become a choreographic face of NYCB. His most recent ballet: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes. Photo by Paul Kolnick, courtesy NYCB. A dapper young man wakes up in a mysterious drawing room to the vision of a beautiful woman in an evening gown with […]
Where is the art form headed in 2015 (and beyond)? Choreographer, curator and performing arts consultant Sydney Skybetterr believes that to see tomorrow’s landscape, we have to look at today’s innovations. Maria Kochetkova and Joan Boadarehearse in motion-capture bodysuits. Robotic cameras later moved with them to film the pas de deux. Photo by […]
To entice millennials, companies have had to call upon their greatest strength: creativity. Bringing dance to the streets: STREB’s Fabio Tavares in midtown New York City. Photo by Jordan Matter. When AXIS Dance Company got a call to perform on “So You Think You Can Dance,” artistic director Judith Smith’s reaction was […]
With her wacky charm, Celia Rowlson-Hall has become the dance darling of fashion and film. Photo by Jayme Thornton (2) When Celia Rowlson-Hall found out she would be choreographing for HBO’s “Girls,” she felt like she was in the right place. Woven into the drama of last season’s “Beach House” episode, her coy, […]
Everyone knows it’s hard to keep a dance company going. And in this economy, it’s twice as hard. Sure, it’s nice when enterprising dance folks take the plunge to start new companies, but I wonder how many of these groups are going to last ten years, or even two? Or if it’s desirable. […]
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 […]
Sara Mearns comes to movie theaters, You Don’t Need Feet to Dance DVD, web series city.ballet., Pontus Lidberg film on demand, Media Maven: Sydney Skybetter Cinema New York City Ballet principal Sara Mearns’ devotion to her craft is well-documented. (Our June 2012 cover girl eats, breathes, and lives ballet.) As the lead […]
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