Category: dance

“Growing up amid drug dealers and addicts, … girls from a rough neighborhood known as a ‘cracolandia,’ or crackland, are learning the graceful art courtesy of a local church group that also offers them food, counseling and Bible studies.”

“The quantity of ballet performance history currently available to us on YouTube alone is staggering. No ballet illustrates this better than ‘Giselle.'”

“In this age of multitasking, a great virtue of live performance is that you can’t fast-forward, open a new tab or check your email as it unfolds.”

“It was the kind of post you might see on a friend’s Instagram account – a quick note Thursday that the ankle surgery went well, lasted a good four hours, and that his foot ‘must be elevated for over a week so I’ll have time to read and watch god knows what on YouTube.'”

The choice is 38-year-old former Australian Ballet principal Robert Curran. “‘Robert always talked about meeting patrons where they are,’ said the company’s board president, Joel Stone.”

“A little more than a year ago, the company and school faced debt and considered cutting back on performances and even closing its doors. It reorganized as an artist-led organization, with dancers taking on administrative roles. Heading into the 2014-15 season, it looks like the dancers’ dedication has paid off.”

The YouTube stream – 11:30 am to 3:00 pm U.S. Central Time – will feature artistic director Ashley Wheater as moderator and will include interviews with Christopher Wheeldon and (after they’ve caught their breath) company members.

“There’s something unsettling about watching 1,000 robots execute a perfectly choreographed routine. … And yet, these machines – tiny $20 robots that take five minutes each to assemble, for a total of 83 hours – are actually completely banal. In fact, according to the researchers, their capabilities are pretty abysmal.” (video)

More specifically, it was a visit Peck – who’s making a piece for MCB to premiere next March – made to Wynwood Walls, an outdoor gallery featuring spray-painted murals in an old Miami warehouse district.

The ABT and Bolshoi Ballet principal has been advised to have ankle surgery.