News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in May 2024
Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from May 2024. Plus, a newly available funding opportunity for dance organizations.
Meet Daphne Fernberger, Dancer with L.A. Dance Project, Filmmaker and Choreographer
Get to know Daphne Fernberger, a dancer with L.A. Dance Project, filmmaker, choreographer and meditation devotee.
Daisy Jacobson Asked Benjamin Millepied to Choreograph a Solo on Her. Then He Asked Her to Join LADP.
It isn’t easy to stand out when you’re a newbie in a pack of fearless dancers. But Daisy Jacobson does, and effortlessly. Onstage with Benjamin Millepied’s L.A. Dance Project, she combines the refinement of her classical training with a soulful, infectious attack, making her impossible to miss. Jonathan Potter, Courtesy LADP Company: L.A. Dance Project […]
Editor Approved: 7 Dance Shows to Catch This October
As the fall performance season kicks into high gear, we’ve been cramming as much excellent dance on our calendars as possible. But if you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the options, we’ve got you covered: From rare U.S. appearances by one of our 2018 “25 to Watch” to an autumn mainstay for New Yorkers, Romeo and […]
Paris Opéra Ballet Dancers Cite Sexual Harassment
The #MeToo movement has made its way to France’s biggest ballet company. An anonymous survey recently leaked to the French press revealed major turbulence at the Paris Opéra Ballet. The Straits Times reports that the survey was conducted by an internal group representing POB’s dancers. In it, there are numerous claims of bullying, sexual harassment […]
From JLaw to Ralph Fiennes, Here Are the Danciest Movies in the Works for 2018
Oh, Hollywood. In any given year, Tinseltown’s use of dance in film veers from the woefully disappointing to the surprisingly delightful, but one thing’s for certain: It’s rarely boring. Here’s our not-at-all-comprehensive and completely-subject-to-change list of the new dance-related movies coming soon to a theater (or laptop screen) near you. Red Sparrow Based on Jason […]
Even Big Companies Are Getting Into Site-Specific Work These Days
Donning sneakers, 24 dancers performed the rapid, rhythmic contemporary movement of Benjamin Millepied’s Counterpoint for Philip Johnson during American Ballet Theatre’s fall season. Using members of the ABT Studio Company and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, the commission was an unusual late addition to the program. But even more unusual was its setting: The work was […]
Étoile Léonore Baulac on Feminist Ballet, Hygge and Not Dancing Too "Safe"
“Women are often presented as soft, fragile little creatures in ballet,” says Léonore Baulac. “We’re not.” The Paris Opéra Ballet’s newest female étoile is discussing her unease at some of the 19th-century narratives she portrays. “It was real acting,” she says with a laugh of La Sylphide. “James kills her by taking away her wings, […]