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"Good Morning America" Host Apologizes for Comments About Ballet, Interviews Male Dancers on Air. It's a Start.

On this morning’s edition of “Good Morning America,” host Lara Spencer did what the dance community has been clamoring for since last Thursday, when her flippant comments about Prince George enjoying ballet lessons provoked widespread outrage: She apologized live on air. “The comment I made about dance was insensitive, it was stupid, and I am […]

Shout-Out to the Real Superheroes: #BallerinaMoms

In our eyes, being a dancer is remarkable. Add motherhood to the mix, and you’re practically a superhero. We salute all the incredible women who have two of the hardest—and most rewarding—jobs around. Here are just a few of our favorite #ballerinamom moments. (And don’t say we didn’t warn you: Prepare for full-on cute overload.) […]

Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Raises Over $4 Million

In the Broadway community, spring is signaled by one event: the annual Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Easter Bonnet Competition. For the last six weeks, the companies of Broadway, off-Broadway and Broadway national tours have been raising money for the foundation so it can help men and women of the theater community in need. Yesterday, their efforts […]

New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet New York State Theater, Lincoln Center New York, New York November 25, 2003—February 29, 2004 Reviewed by Clive Barnes [Note: This is an expanded version of the review that appears in the June, 2004 issue.]   From its opening-night gala onward, through the customary Nutcracker to the closing two-week bombardment of […]

Happendance

Happendance Fairchild Theatre, Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan February 2?4, 2001 Reviewed by Kate O’Neill It’s surely remarkable when a small dance company weathers funding and other crises over the years to reach its twenty-fifth anniversary?even more remarkable when past dancers return to perform at the anniversary concert. Yet when Happendance, Michigan’s longest-running professional […]