Category: dance

“Bolshoi soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko, who was sentenced to six years in prison in 2013 for orchestrating the attack on artistic director Sergei Filin, has been granted parole and is already ‘back at home in Moscow,’ his lawyer Sergei Kadyrov told TASS news agency.”

“There was a literal embarrassment of riches for the Australian Ballet this morning, as the company had to issue a retraction for a release sent to the media yesterday claiming the company made a $14 million loss in 2015.”

“The video features about a dozen dancers for whom the term ‘backup’ doesn’t apply. They are front and center.”

“Miriam Miller’s arms move like liquid. But when she was a student at the School of American Ballet, a teacher used to tell her that they looked as if they came out of a washing machine — in other words, shapeless. Ms. Miller, a member of New York City Ballet, laughs about that now. At just 19, she has already performed in roles that more experienced dancers still dream about.”

“After Frostine Shake proved that ballet should welcome all body types, a new group of young women are getting loads of love online for showcasing an entirely new form of dance, mixing ballet with hip-hop.”

“I always enjoyed teaching, but a part of me wanted more. I wanted to be my own boss, to train the students differently, participate in competitions and create a family environment for every class. I wanted to have my own dance company. I learned how during my Grade 11 co-op placement at Kinetic Fitness.”

“Recently, the ballet world seems to be owning up to the fact that it’s got a female choreographer problem. … The trick now – after years of not particularly encouraging female talent – is finding women choreographers who have the chops to truly intrigue and delight ballet audiences. Two young names have popped out of the crowd.”

“At 11 [Charlotte Edmonds] joined the Royal Ballet School and started choreographing straight away. She is dyslexic and found academic work challenging but she thinks her condition may have helped her choreography. ‘I have to strategise ways to remember things, a lot of visualisation, and that comes in really handy in the studio,’ she says.”

“Ballet sex wasn’t invented by the choreo¬grapher Kenneth MacMillan – Mikhail Fokine, Roland Petit and Frederick Ashton had all included episodes of startling sensuality in their work – but The Invitation, with its frank depiction of rape, broke new and dangerous ground when the Royal Ballet’s touring company premiered it in 1960.”