Category: dance

“It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the British filmmaker had a soft spot for dancers. Think of his nonverbal finesse, his precise and fluid way of blocking scenes and isolating gestures, as in a work of dance-theater.”

“Mr. Szilard did not fit the traditional mold of a top-hatted impresario. But he called himself one in the subtitle of his memoir — ‘My Life as an Impresario.'”

You commission four choreographers for “neo-neo-classical ballet” duets, of course.

That is, move to a beat? And if we’re not, is it only other “vocal learners” who can dance?

“There’s a fresh infusion of dance happening in New York, and while not all of the young choreographers working will rise to the top — they never do — they are trying to expand the notions of dance while, at the same time, honoring it. They haven’t abandoned dance for the hazy category of performance; I get the feeling that, for them, performance is part of the dance umbrella, not the other way around.”

“A decade of flat ticket revenues, chronic funding challenges, and a certain lack of artistic sparkle prompted the ballet to engage Kennedy Center president Michael Kaiser, … [whose] blueprint [calls] for new artistic projects, partnerships with local and national arts groups, an expanded school for aspiring professionals and others, a reinvigorated board, smarter marketing – and an additional $1.7 million in each of the next five years to pay for it all.”

Vladimir Urin: “To my regret I have to say this star illness does exist and to fight with this I surely must. If you start to think you’re a star it means that your personal culture or your education is not high enough. … You should prove yourself with your daily work.”

“Prima ballerina Ekaterina Krysanova takes The Telegraph backstage to watch a training class” during the company’s London visit.

“Co-founders Lillian Barbeito and Tina Finkelman Berkett ignored well-meant advice about what they ‘must’ do to launch a dance troupe in their adopted hometown [of Los Angeles].” For example, they enlisted a rabbi to fundraise for one of their first projects, which they presented at his synagogue’s social hall. (It was a sold-out run.)