On most mornings, loud EDM, tinged with strokes of traditional Chinese music, blasts from giant speakers in the nation’s parks. Those parks fill with grandmas and a smattering of grandpas who have forsaken tai chi for “sailor dancing.”
Category: dance
New Immersive ‘Nutcracker’ Cancelled After One Performance
Former Royal Ballet member Will Tuckett conceived, organized anc choreographed a new version of the Christmas chestnut that would have the audience at tables as guests at the Act I Christmas party and wandering through the space (a converted industrial print shop) to take in the set pieces of Act II. Then the cash ran out.
B-Boy Zulu Rema, The Amputee Breakdancer Of Tunisia
Oh yes, he can definitely do the moves. (photo gallery)
Laurent Hilaire Finally Gets His Own Ballet Company
Hilaire, who was a star at the Paris Opera Ballet, has been a contender both for that ballet’s artistic director and for the La Scala Ballet’s AD. He will now run the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Music Theater.
A Longtime Choir Director Turns Competitive Dancer In Her 60s
She started practicing about a decade ago: “The froufrou dresses, the bling, the spray tan, the hair. … At that time I had never really walked in high heels. I didn’t have pierced ears. I didn’t have contact lenses. You can’t do competitive dance in bifocals.”
Boulder Ballet Tries A ‘Gentle’ Nutcracker For Audience Members With Autism
The Ballet, along with the Boulder Phil, is trying out a “sensory-friendly” ballet for kids and adults who may need to move or make sounds during the performance. Lights will be up at 35 percent, staff are on hand to answer questions, there’s a designated ‘quiet room’ and much more.
In Only Four Years, Tamara Rojo Has Completely Transformed The English National Ballet
Tamara Rojo “is the company’s marquee ballerina (along with a fellow Royal Ballet alum, Alina Cojocaru), somehow managing to keep up her technical form and artistry while acting as a one-woman visionary, manager, cheerleader and glamorous high-profile ad for her organization.”
Nacho Duato, After Berlin Misadventure, Says He Will Not Direct Another Dance Company
The Spanish choreographer, who earned worldwide renown at the helm of the Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid, has not had an easy time of it at the Staatsballett Berlin – which announced in September, three years ahead of time, that his contract would not be renewed. Back in Madrid for a gala, Duato explains what he’ll do instead. (in Spanish; Google Translate version here)
Merce Cunningham Trust Names New Executive Director
Ken Tabachnick, who began his career as a lighting designer, is currently a consultant and has previously worked as Deputy Dean at NYU’s Tisch School, dean of the School of the Arts at SUNY-Purchase and General Manager of New York City Ballet.
Where Diversity Is Integral To The Art Form: Dance
“I came away thinking, One thing we can be proud of is that dancers from all over the world want to come to the United States. This is the country where they find themselves as artists.”