“It’s 11 o’clock in the morning and row upon row of well-sculpted men are pirouetting in a small room to the tinny notes coming from an upright piano.”
Category: dance
Johan Kobborg To Run Romania’s New National Ballet
The Danish dancer and choreographer – and the soon-to-be Mr. Alina Cojocaru – will move to his fiancés’s homeland next month ro run the new company, based at the national opera house in Bucharest.
What Happens When Ballet Dancers Date
“In this week’s episode of AOL’s City.Ballet web series, those questions are finally answered, and it’s just as gossipy as you might hope.”
Commander Chris Hadfield Takes On The Nutcracker
“The National says it’s the first time in its 63-year-history that an astronaut has appeared on-stage as a Cannon Doll.”
To Succeed In Ballet, Know You’ll Have To Struggle And Fail
Principal ballerina Lauren Cuthbertson: “It can be quite lonely. Sometimes you can feel isolated because you are the only one in your group of friends that really understands what you need to do to get to the next level.”
Explaining What Happened At The Bolshoi Ballet
Ismene Brown, a London dance journalist who has been following and often translating the Russian media’s extensive coverage and knows some of the players, gives inside info and analysis of the Filin attack, the trial, and the whole affair’s effects on the company.
Alvin Ailey Co. And Wayne McGregor Stretch Each Other
Artistic director Robert Battle, looking to expand the repertoire and stylistic range of a troupe that had become a bit predictable, engaged McGregor to stage his stark and hyperkinetic Chroma on the Ailey dancers. They’re the first non-classical group to perform the work – and (to McGregor’s happiness) the first that’s dark-skinned.
When A Choreographer Joins The Circus (Yes, Ringling Bros.)
“He’s choreographed such musical hits as Rock of Ages, Dreamgirls, … and Blades of Glory. Now Kevin Wilson is taking on a new venture: choreographing what has been called ‘The Greatest Show on Earth.’ Wondering how this creative director pulls together a cast and crew that includes everything from clowns to a horse named ‘Comanche?’ We wondered, too.”
The Bolshoi, Where Ballet Actually Means Life And Death
Judith Mackrell reviews the bizarre and dramatic backstage saga at the theater that (probably hasn’t) ended with the guilty verdicts in the trial of the men accused of throwing acid into Sergei Filin’s face.
Rambert Dance Co. Opens New Home On London’s South Bank
“Claiming it to be the first major purpose-built dance venue to open in London for a decade, the touring dance company’s new six-storey base includes three main rehearsal studios, an archive, and physiotherapy facilities.”