What better way for dancers to celebrate Halloween than by seeing Luca Guadagnino’s outrageous re-imagining of the 1977 horror film Suspiria? The movie, which includes extended dance sequences by Belgo-French choreographer Damien Jalet, is principally set at the fictitious Helena Markos Dance Company in West Berlin. The school’s artistic director Madame Blanc (think Martha Graham […]

Back in January , we took a look at Hollywood’s 2018 dance card. While Red Sparrow and the Tiler Peck documentary Ballet Now have been released, several other films that piqued our curiosity are still in various stages of development. (And some have been radio silent, like the Carmen being helmed by Benjamin Millepied.) From […]

Claude Debussy’s only completed opera, Pelléas et Mélisande, emphasizes clarity and subtlety over high-flung drama as a deadly love triangle unfolds. Opera Vlaanderen and Royal Ballet of Flanders are commemorating the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death with a new production of the landmark opera that is sure to be anything but traditional: Sidi Larbi […]