If you don’t have big Valentine’s Day plans tonight, not to worry—we’ve got romance-filled reading material to keep you company. Below are a few of our favorite articles from the DM archives on couples who came together through their passion for dance, from Stella Abrera and Sascha Radetsky of American Ballet Theatre to Olivier Wevers […]
How does Alexei Ratmansky keep up with all of his commissions? We’re beginning to think that he has a secret clone. Let’s see: thus far in 2012, he’s made Symphonic Dances for Miami City Ballet, Firebird for American Ballet Theatre, and, running now in Denmark, Golden Cockerel for Royal Danish Ballet, which is by all […]
We were in the presence of jewels, of incredible riches at the ABT gala last night. Every performance had a grandeur, every dancer was someone you wanted to keep watching. And there was just enough variety to keep you wanting more. It didn’t feel like a grab bag of hits, as it can sometimes feel. […]
ABT’s Sascha Radetsky on overcoming the challenges of an injury Radetsky in Dutch National Ballet’s production of Balanchine’s Prodigal Son. Photo by Angela Sterling, Courtesy Radetsky © Balanchine Trust. Last November, on opening night of American Ballet Theatre’s City Center season, I charged into In the Upper Room’s smoky fray. My war paint was a […]
5:00 a.m. I just realized I won’t back get to sleep unless I write about Cojocaru’s Giselle. She’s invaded my dreams. She reminded me of Gelsey Kirkland 35 years ago. The little-girl look, the vulnerability, the feeling of a heart exposed. Cojocaru’s delicate face has a whiff of sadness around the eyes that foreshadows the […]
No matter how good a dancer is, she or he has to start at the beginning when it comes to making a dance. On Tuesday, American Ballet Theatre presented “The Innovations Initiative,” putting forth four of its dancers’ forays into choreography. It’s great that ABT is giving them this opportunity. But it seems a bit […]
American Ballet Theatre Lady of the Camellias Metropolitan Opera House, NYC May 25–June 7, 2010 Reviewed by Rose Anne Thom Julie Kent and Roberto Bolle as Marguerite and Armand. Photo by Gene Schiavone, courtesy ABT. What a perfect subject for a ballet is Marguerite Gautier, the tragic heroine of Alexandre Dumas, fils’, La […]
Hearts and eyes. The heart speaks through the eyes. You can see that in our cover shot of Bridgett Zehr and Zdenek Konvalina. Not only are they rising stars of National Ballet of Canada, but they are in love. Both from modest beginnings, they’ve helped each other […]
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