Over the last two decades, public funding for the arts has dried up, been tapped out, and fought for with all the fervor of the Tributes vying for lifeblood at the Cornucopia in The Hunger Games.
Category: dance
Sarasota Ballet Keeps Director Iain Webb For Ten More Years
The former Royal Ballet star, who came to Sarasota in 2007, is credited with giving the small company in a smallish Florida city an international reputation.
This Ballerina Danced Through Her Entire Pregnancy
“The ballerina in question is Mary Helen Bowers of Ballet Beautiful, and the photos she took of herself striking stunning (and difficult) ballet poses while carrying her little baby girl have taken the Internet by storm.”
Young Dancer Dies In Freak Rehearsal Accident In Chicago
“A 22-year-old dancer who studied his craft in three countries died in what authorities determined Tuesday was an accident when a steel acrobatic ring hit him on the head during a rehearsal on the Northwest Side.”
Talking Misogynistic Lifts (Not), Rival Ballet Stars (Not), and Rounded Education (Yes!) With Sarah Lamb
The Boston-trained Royal Ballet principal says (among other things), “It doesn’t seem right. If children are doing seven hours of ballet a day by the age of 14, it puts a lot of stress on their bodies, and it narrows their outlook on life. It’s like starving their brain, denying them full nutrition.”
L.A. Dance Project Gets A Glamorous New Home
“L.A. Dance Project, launched in 2012 by star choreographer Benjamin Millepied, announced Monday that its new home venue will be the Theatre at Ace Hotel, an ornate, Spanish gothic-style auditorium that’s at the base of a newly-opened boutique hotel in a 1927 structure built by Hollywood royalty.”
How Do You Archive Dance? (Maybe We Have To Change The Notion Of Archiving)
“Each of us has an archive of sensations and actions held in our own bodies, as well as in our collective culture. We asked ourselves: do these alter with hindsight or do they stay the same? Does the memory of our story and experience, which are held in our minds, change over time? If this is true, do we need to take that into account while reperforming physical material from the past?”
How Dancers Are Changing Their Ballet World
“Among ballet dancers today, soul searching is hardly unusual. Just as international stars bounce among companies, others, like Wendy Whelan and Alessandra Ferri, are taking on modern dance.”
A New York Dance Company Signs Lease On A Huge Expansion
“Gibney Dance has seven studios stretching over 15,000 square feet that it rents out to dance companies, Broadway shows or anyone in need of arts-related space. By adding the downtown facility, Gibney Dance will more than double its operations—and it’s not just empire-building.”
This Video Game Makes You Dance (Literally)
Bounden “asks two players to dance together, each holding onto the ends of an smart phone and twisting their bodies to make the cursor hit a series of intended bullseyes.” Choreographers from the Dutch National Ballet collaborated on the game’s design.