“I’m not apologising – I’m trying to find a reasonable way of explaining unhappy times, of which there have been too many.”
Category: dance
Stable At Last, Ballet B.C. Posts Third Consecutive Surplus
“The surplus is significant: Ballet B.C. has spent the past three years rebuilding itself after near financial collapse. [Artistic director Emily] Molnar’s programming and ability to lure top contemporary choreographers is being given a lot of the credit for the successful rebirth of the troupe.”
Ten Reasons Ohad Naharin Loves To Choreograph
#7: “I love to choreograph since it’s where I can put my skills, passion, and imagination into one pot, and it also makes me feel sexy.”
What Brought Jorma Elo To Ballet? Hockey
The Finnish choreographer “was a promising young goalie. And if you know anything about hockey, you know that goalies need to be incredibly flexible. They need to be able to do some serious splits. To do that, the young netminder, the son of a physician and a dentist, signed up for his first dance lessons at 12.”
Remember When Beyoncé Stole Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Dance Moves? Now Everybody’s Stealing Them (With Permission)
Two years ago there was a brief hullabaloo about the video of Beyoncé’s “Countdown” lifting parts of the Chair Scene from the Belgian choreographer’s seminal work, Rosas. Now, in honor of Rosas‘s 30th anniversary, de Keersmaeker herself has invited fans from all over the world to video their own versions of the Chair Scene.
Dances With Snakes
“We expect the performance to be quite compelling once the dancers become accustomed to working with the snake. That may take a little coaching.”
New York City Ballet Star Breaks Foot Onstage
“The New York City Ballet’s principal dancer Chase Finlay is not expected back onstage until the winter season after breaking his foot during a performance of Swan Lake, said a company spokeswoman.”
Choreographer David Dorfman, Transformed
“In 2007, Mr. Dorfman weathered a serious car accident near New London, Conn … It was the end of a long day (and, at around 1:30 a.m., the beginning of another); about 15 minutes from home, Mr. Dorfman fell asleep at the wheel. ‘I was so unbelievably lucky,’ he said. ‘So I’ve just had, as trite as this may seem, I’ve had this appreciation for every heartbeat, every moment.'”
When Anna Met Uday, And They Changed The Art Of Dance
“Uday Shankar was a student at the Royal College of Art in London when, in 1923, he was summoned to a meeting with Anna Pavlova.”
Nikolai Tsiskaridze Will Return To The Bolshoi Stage One Last Time
Russia’s minister of culture has confirmed rumors that Russian ballet’s superstar bad-boy – who was finally dismissed from the Bolshoi this summer after years of publicly badmouthing both management and colleagues and openly campaigning to be named the theater’s director – will perform in benefit performances of The Nutcracker, leading up to his 40th birthday on New Year’s Eve.