Category: dance

“Every theatre sometimes goes through difficult times – it’s a normal process of the human life.”

Alonso began his career in 1935 and (along with dancer Alicia Alonso) left an “indelible mark on Cuban culture,” according to Cuban state TV.

As the final generation that danced for Balanchine retires from teaching, how will his choreography live on?

“Lead dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko, who is accused of masterminding the acid attack that left the company’s artistic director, Sergei Filin, with third-degree burns on his face and possible loss of his eyesight, has been presented with a final indictment, police said. Dmitrichenko and two accomplices are charged with acting as a group to commit grievous bodily harm.”

After several months of holding back on a final decision, the ABC Family network decided to cancel “its comedy-drama series about aspiring young dancers and their unconventional mentor after only one season, during which the series had developed a modest but passionate fan base.”

“Bunheads, in the current television environment, is the rarest of beasts: a show children (at least ones old enough for mild sex talk) and adults can actually enjoy together. … That may be a narrow sweet spot, but it’s also one where potential classics can blossom and flower.”

“To calm down, to catch my breath, I had to step out of the Royal Opera House and walk around part of Covent Garden. … [Frederick Ashton’s A Month in the Country], new earlier that year and entirely new to me, featured Lynn Seymour and Anthony Dowell. And it was hitting me, a young man from a farming family, like a body blow.”

“When I was studying dance, I wasn’t thinking, ‘Oh, I want to be a dancer.’ That was not in my mind. It was like, ‘Oh, people are applauding! I’m having a ball!'”

“The focus on the changes at Miami City Ballet has been on new artistic director Lourdes Lopez, and what she and the dancers are doing on stage. But Lopez is making other changes at the company’s school that, while not as obvious or immediately visible, will ultimately have a major effect on the troupe and its future.”

Nikolai Tsiskaridze: “The Bolshoi is the best in classical dancing. And for years I have been the face of that company.” On his contentious relationship with former Bolshoi Ballet director Alexei Ratmansky: “The prime minister doesn’t tell the queen what to do. He can only offer polite advice.”