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Vienna State Ballet Hangs Onto The Director That Woke It Up

Manuel Legris, a retired étoile of the Paris Opera Ballet who came to Vienna in 2010, has been contracted for two additional years, until 2017. He has rejuvenated the company’s repertoire and raised its profile in Europe, bringing it out from the long shadow cast by its parent, the Vienna State Opera.

Diana Vishneva Speaks Out Against Tsiskaridze’s Appointment To Vaganova

Vishneva, a star of the Mariinsky Theater and one of Russia’s most beloved ballerinas, is the first prominent figure to publicly criticize the choice of Nikolai Tsiskaridze, the popular and divisive dancer who was fired from the Bolshoi in June, to head St. Petersburg’s revered Vaganova Ballet Academy.

The Bolshoi Acid Attack Trial Is Going To Be Very Dramatic

Ismene Brown gives a review of the messy situation and the principals involved.

The Most Horrifying Thing Marie Chouinard Ever Made Her Dancers Do

The Montreal choreographer “has called on her dancers to do some pretty outrageous things over the past 20 years, but even the veterans of her company were left open-mouthed by her demand during the creation of Gymnopédies.” (Hint: it’s something they usually pay other people to do.)

Indictment In Bolshoi Acid Attack Spells Out Details Of Alleged Plot

“Bolshoi Ballet leading soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko and two other men were indicted Tuesday for the sulfuric acid attack on the company’s artistic director, Sergei Filin. Dmitrichenko, looking haggard and nervous in court, pleaded not guilty and after hearing the indictment read his own version of events from handwritten notes.”

Why Tsiskaridze Being Named To Head The Vaganova Is Worrisome

“It’s hard to overstate the prestige of this position. … The Vaganova is revered as the cradle of Russian classicism. Giving over its direction to the controversial Tsiskaridze, therefore, has caused a sharp intake of breath among many in the ballet world.” Judith Mackrell analyzes the complex, difficult situation of the ballet academy that the volatile star has been given to run.

Royal Ballet Star Edward Watson Does A Pop Music Video

The project is the Metamorphosis star’s “collaboration with the band The Feeling, who asked him to interpret a song from their fourth album, out this month. Shot in an aircraft hangar in north London on Watson’s day off, the arresting video shows him moving and miming to the words of the title track, ‘Boy Cried Wolf’.”

The Difficulties Of Restaging Twyla Tharp Thirty Years Later

“Tharp used a recording by Jascha Heifetz during rehearsals. As a result, the steps contain the DNA of that violinist’s brilliant interpretation. Afterwards, it was difficult to find a player who could measure up to Heifetz, who would also have the modesty to consider the needs of the dancers.”