Carla Körbes became a professional at New York City Ballet, but left because she wanted a greater variety of repertoire; she went to Pacific Northwest Ballet and had a brilliant career, but retired at age 33. (“I wasn’t having fun anymore,” she says.) But up at Vail, Damian Woetzel got her back onstage, and she’s about to dance Martha Graham in New York.
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How Akram Khan Turned His Most Famous Solo Into A Children’s Work About Ancestral Tales, A Locked Cellphone, And A Call Center
“The man in the photograph at right is angled slightly to one side, his arm curved and his fingers – held together, sharply separated from the thumb – pointing down into what appears to be an upside-down fish. Above him floats a bee, and a snake curls languorously over a branch, appearing to watch his activities with interest.”
Exploring Rodin’s Significant Role In Dance
“Rodin used his (by then significant) influence to champion the careers of these dance pioneers and he was a key figure in supporting Nijinsky during the brouhaha that followed his 1911 ballet L’Apres Midi d’un Faune, when half of Paris claimed to be scandalised by its pagan images of sexuality and its adoption of archaic-looking dance forms.”
Yes, The Acid-Attack Instigator Is Back At The Bolshoi, Says Management, But He’s Not Going To Dance Onstage (yet)
The Bolshoi’s spokesperson stressed that Pavel Dmitrichenko, now out of jail, requested and was given a building pass only so he could take classes. “But that does not mean that he will join the company later. This question is not even under discussion for now.”
Can Matthew Bourne Pull Off ‘The Red Shoes’?
“With such works as his funny and homoerotic Swan Lake, he’s attracted a whole new audience to contemporary dance and made himself a household name. But despite his past successes, Bourne knows that he’s taken on a monumental challenge with his … adaptation of the Powell and Pressburger film.”
Mastermind Of Acid Attack On Sergei Filin Is Back At Bolshoi
“Pavel Dmitrichenko, the Bolshoi dancer convicted and jailed for ordering the infamous acid attack on his boss at Russia’s chief ballet company, is reported to have been back in the Bolshoi doing ballet class for the past month, hoping to return to the stage.”
Damian Woetzel Finally Brings His Colorado Dance Experiments To New York
For several summers now, the former New York City ballet principal has been putting together unusual combinations of dance styles, performers and roles at his Vail International Dance Festival. Why is he only now presenting the results in the city? “I’ve always felt a little reticent simply because what goes on in Vail – it’s very much a lab atmosphere. But then it started to feel that there were a number of things that haven’t been seen in New York.”
How Is Julie Kent Changing The Washington Ballet?
She took over from Septime Webre as artictic director in July, and her first changes are just starting to show up. Jennifer Stahl gives us a rundown of what they look like so far.
For The Seventh Year, National Ballet Of Canada Posts Surplus
The company had 2,277 performances and outreach events in the 2015/16 season with a total attendance of 918,131. There were77 performances at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts with 141,146 in attendance and 2,190 community events reaching 760,413 young people and their families.
A Meal, A Talk, Some Workshops – And Now A Year-Long Residency For Portland Dance Stars
“What began as four friends getting together for a meal evolved into a published reading list, open meetups, and performances. gaskin says the controlling idea was to ‘keep that feeling we had when we started. We want to make it accessible and something people can engage in no matter what level they’re at.'”