New York City Ballet: Bringing Balanchine Back City Lights Home Entertainment. DVD. 80 minutes, $19.95. www.nycballet.com. For anyone who is curious about New York City Ballet or Balanchine’s choreography, this documentary about the company’s historic trip to St. Petersburg in 2003 would make a wonderful gift. First, it shows the reality of touring: […]
Spoleto Festival (Festival dei 2Mondi) Teatro Nuovo and Teatro Romano Spoleto, Italy July 3–6, 2009 Reviewed by Wendy Perron Edwaard Liang, Teresa Reichlen, Adrian Danchig-Waring, and Maria Kowroski in the first half of Wheeldon’s After the Rain. Photo by Bill Cooper, Courtesy Spoleto. Alessandra Ferri, new director of dance of the interdisciplinary Spoleto […]
Keenan Kampa , one of DM’s 2012 “25 to Watch,” will join the Kirov (Maryinsky) Ballet as the company’s first American dancer in June 2012. The graduate of the Kirov’s Vaganova Academy is currently in her second year as a Boston Ballet corps member. —posted 1/18/2012 Natalia Osipova and Ivan Vasiliev, principal dancers with […]
Being short is no handicap for male dancers whose low centers of gravity can be a springboard to airborne virtuosity. Those possessing the artistry and technique to compensate for their stature include Vaslav Nijinsky, Edward Villella, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Herman Cornejo. Whether Daniel Ulbricht can join this distinguished honor roll remains to be seen, but […]
This spring, New Yorkers are enjoying a three-pronged feast of Robbins at Lincoln Center. First and most accessible is the exhibit at the NY Library for the Performing Arts. Second and most dancy is the New York City Ballet season celebrating Robbins and his ballets—33 of them! Third and most rushed is the exhibit of […]
It would seem that stage presence—the essence of what compels audiences to watch certain dancers, what keeps them riveted—is an ineffable quality. These eight dancers, each of them known for their stage presence, explore what it is, where it comes from, and if it can be taught. As it turns out, sometimes stage presence isn’t […]
The Nutcracker offers many Americans their first glimpse of ballet, so when the dancers—particularly the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier—are top-notch, the event can be life-changing. As representatives of the professional ballet world, guest artists also inspire younger dancers to pursue their dreams. And guesting gives the artists their own perks and pleasures. “For a […]
New York City Ballet is overflowing with youthful energy. With an unprecedented nine new soloists this year and corps members making their mark as they step into major roles, there seems to be an onrush of new talent. So deep is NYCB’s “bench” that when injuries occur or key dancers like Jock Soto and Peter […]
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