“Crystal Pite and actor/playwright Jonathon Young won Best New Dance Production for Betroffenheit, their harrowing exploration of loss and grief [at Sadler’s Wells]. … Tamara Rojo has made some gutsy choices since becoming artistic director in 2012, and ENB’s Best Achievement in Dance Olivier ‘for expanding the variety of their repertoire with Giselle and She Said at Sadler’s Wells’ is just one more spot of validation. … Not only did he garner the Best Theatre Choreographer award for his production of The Red Shoes, Bourne also got to accept the award for Best Entertainment and Family, again for The Red Shoes.”
Category: dance
The Rebels Fighting New York’s 90-Year-Old Anti-Dancing Laws
Yes, that’s right: New Yorkers just want to have fun. “Members of the newly created Dance Liberation Network are battling, Footloose-style, for their right to cut loose — by rescinding the city law that bans busting a move in an establishment that doesn’t have a cabaret license.”
Almost Half Of Atlanta Ballet Dancers Leaving Company After One Year With New Artistic Director
The turnover may be somewhat normal for new artistic directors, but it’s partly because of an intense change in style: “For some of the veteran dancers leaving the Atlanta Ballet, the switch from former director John McFall’s contemporary style to Bolshoi-trained [Gennadi] Nedvigin’s traditional style was a major adjustment.”
Striptease Has Long Been The Province Of Women, But ‘Magic Mike’ Sparked A Revolution In Men Performing For Cash As Well
Thanks not only to the two “Magic Mike” movies starring Channing Tatum but also to “Fifty Shades of Grey” and its sequels, business is booming for the several dance teams who also sometimes sing and always strip. The movies and books “have prompted women in more conservative areas … to more openly enjoy watching guys gyrate onstage.”
Farm Animal Ballet: Ann Carlson’s ‘Doggie Hamlet’ Becomes Ammo In The NEA Wars
“What exactly is Doggie Hamlet? The 70-minute production, which unfolds at dusk, includes five performers, three herding dogs, a dog handler, a dog trainer and a flock of sheep.” A rough, heavily-edited three-minute video of sections of the piece was picked up by a conservative website and posted under the headline, “Taxpayers Foot Bill for ‘Doggie Hamlet’.” Gia Kourlas investigates, and, as a dance critic, comes to Carlson’s defense.
Watching Tiny Dancers Try Out For New York City Ballet’s School
The Times‘s Daily 360 team pays visits to the free community auditions that the School of American Ballet offers six- to ten-year-olds in five neighborhoods around New York. (video)
Atlanta Ballet Is Losing Half Its Dancers, Including All Its Stars
“Multiple sources within the company told ArtsATL that the departures are the culmination of a culture clash between the open and modernistic atmosphere fostered by previous artistic director John McFall that was embraced by the dancers, and the classical ballet ethos favored by Gennadi Nedvigin, the new Bolshoi-trained artistic director.”
Colorado Ballet Notches A Record Season At The Box Office
“Seven years ago, the Colorado Ballet appeared to be at a financial death’s door, but Saturday’s bustle and a 2017 season finishing with record attendance and box-office receipts show the company is very much alive.”
State-Of-The-Art New Dance Studio Will Give Away 5,000 Hours Of Free Rehearsal Space Every Year
The just-opened Studio Wayne McGregor (yes, the choreographer) in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will make the free space available to dance artists at all career stages. But there’s a catch – a good one …
Scotland To Get Its First-Ever (!) Dedicated Dance Theatre
Former English National Ballet director Peter Schaufuss has teamed up with video game tycoon Leslie Benzies (Grand Theft Auto) to buy a historic but disused church in Edinburgh and turn it into a venue for both local and international touring companies.