Category: dance

“Actually, because of their physical discipline, dancers are generally much fitter and physically able than us mere mortals. … And dancers have a lot of transferable skills. They are fast learners, hard workers and always come prepared … great in any profession that requires discipline, perfectionism and collaboration.”

“[There] seems to be a clear undercurrent of Millepied’s artistic thinking: the need to modernize what ballet represents, as well as the artistic elements that are incorporated into them. There are three big ideas that come across in Millepied’s comments about race and gender in ballet.”

Now Ballet Theater is waiting for Britten experts to weigh in on the rediscovered score. If it is deemed to be Britten’s Ballet Theater plans to use it when the company brings “Les Sylphides” to the David H. Koch Theater this fall.

“The former Miami City Ballet dancer devastated by a ruptured brain aneurysm in December has seen an outpouring of financial and emotional support … The help will enable Isanusi Garcia Rodriguez, 36, to pay for therapy he needs to recuperate, and, he hopes, dance again.”

“Enthusiastic cheers and massive applause rang out in a Buenos Aires exhibition hall for Juan Pablo Ramirez and Daniel Arroyo, as they danced to a 1940s classic. … The crowds in this traditionally conservative bastion of machismo culture, surprisingly, seem to embrace the change.”

The Orlando Ballet springs out of its 112-year-old building – which is already the site of a million-dollar environmental clean-up effort thanks to diesel fuel & oil – when mold attacks.

“Svetlana Lunkina has danced for Russia’s Bolshoi Theatre ballet troupe since 1997, but has resided in Toronto since fall 2012. In January, she announced her decision to stay in Canada instead of returning home, due to threats and blackmail she received there.”

“The KCB II dancers will be selected from auditions around the country; they’ll receive professional experience, and hone their skills through public performances, demonstrations, daily classes and rehearsals … [as well as] providing outreach to schools, community centers, and other locations.”

“Prominent Russian artist Mikhail Shemyakin said in an interview published Tuesday that he intended to sue St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theater because of unpaid fees for his work as chief designer on a series of ballet productions staged eight years ago.” Shemyakin says he was told that Mariinsky director Valery Gergiev personally forbid payment to be made.