Before working on the upcoming film The Adjustment Bureau, Emily Blunt didn’t know a plié from a port de bras. She had taken a single lesson when she was 4, but quit in a bratty fit because her feet hurt. So to play the lead dancer with Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet who falls for Matt […]
Modern Meets Ballet in SLC In a rare example of genres crossing, Ballet West artistic director Adam Sklute has invited his local counterpart in modern dance, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company artistic director Charlotte Boye Christensen, to make a piece on his company. The commission shares the Innovations program with premieres by 2007 “25 to Watch” choreographer […]
The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation has named the inaugural 21 Doris Duke Artists, each of whom will receive a multi-year cash grant of $225,000, plus up to $50,000 more for audience development and retirement funding. The selected artists were chosen in the fields of contemporary dance, theater, and jazz, via an anonymous peer review They […]
Nederlands Dans Theater I Auditorium Theatre, Chicago June 16–17, 2009 Reviewed by Laura Molzahn Photo: © Joris-Jon Bos photography. NDT I in Crystal Pite’s The Second Person. If you blinked, you missed them. Nederlands Dans Theater I began and ended its first U.S. visit since 2004 in Chicago, with a program of works by […]
National Ballet of Canada Four Seasons Centre Toronto, Canada March 4–8, 2009 Reviewed by Michael Crabb Photo by Cylia von Tiedemann. Greta Hodgkinson and Aleksandar Antonijevic in Crystal Pite’s Emergence. Click here to watch them in motion at dancemedia.com. In assigning commissions for the National Ballet of Canada’s “Innovation,” a triple bill of all-Canadian […]
The Extended Audition Giving dancers mo re time to shine By Jen Peters Cattle-call auditions are often a nightmare. Trying to stand out among hundreds of dancers can be frustrating, not to mention downright depressing. But if you think you have just one shot a year to make it into your dream company, […]
Head north and cross the border to Montréal and you’ll find a place of unbridled creativity. Ardent travelers know that this bilingual city resonates with both the style and charm of Europe and the bright-lights allure of a North American hub. Long dance traditions in New York, Paris, London, and Berlin might eclipse Montréal in […]
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet Cedar Lake, NYC January 10–20, 2008 Reviewed by Susan Yung With its recent program of works by three choreographers, Cedar Lake continues to seek out new creative voices, with mixed results. Two danced with William Forsythe—Crystal Pite and Jacopo Godani—and Forsythe’s influence surfaces in their works in different ways, in addition […]
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