The 5 Shows Our Editors Are Most Excited to See This December

Supplement your visit to the Land of the Sweets with these editor-approved, (mostly) non-Nutcracker shows onstage this month. Power Struggle Russell Lepley in costume for Ursula Kate Sweeney, Courtesy FluxFlow Dance Project COLUMBUS, OH FluxFlow Dance Project’s Ursula was inspired by a cautionary tale: a Joanna Newsom song about a circus bear and her monkey […]

When It's Time To Speak Up For Your Safety Onstage

Last month, Yann Arnaud, an aerialist with Cirque de Soleil, died after plummeting to the stage in VOLTA. He was performing an aerial straps routine in Tampa, Florida, when one of his hands slipped and he fell 20 feet. Professional dancers are often asked to perform stunts, some of them extremely dangerous. Even when the […]

A Cirque du Soleil/Nevada Ballet Theatre Collaboration Ten Years in the Making

Since 2007, Nevada Ballet Theatre and mega-producer Cirque du Soleil have joined forces to produce A Choreographers’ Showcase. Each year, ballet dancers, aerialists, acrobats, clowns and musicians meld their artistic talents, creating buzz up and down the strip. These two unlikely partners will celebrate their 10th anniversary October 8, 14 and 15 when this “only […]

Cirque du Soleil Is Coming to Broadway

Cirque’s NYC production “Banana Shpeel” lasted less than six weeks. Photo via Broadway.com. In case you haven’t heard, On the Town is closing on September 6. Since that announcement, the question has been, What will have the chutzpah to fill the nearly 2,000-seat Lyric Theatre, the second largest venue on Broadway? Well, of course, Cirque […]

Run Away and Join the Circus

What it’s like to dance for Cirque du Soleil Cirque doesn’t offer class, so Sneddon must warm herself up before shows. Photo by Ana Dobrijevic/Cashman Photography, courtesy Cirque du Soleil. Last year, Kelly Sneddon traded in the Manhattan skyline for the bright lights of the Las Vegas strip. After three seasons with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, […]