“Shyreen Ziadeh runs a dance studio in Ramallah, in the Palestinian Territories. It’s not what she dreamed of doing, but it’s all she can imagine doing these days. She introduces ballet to youngsters, and gives them a refuge from everyday life.”
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A Participatory Dance Performance You Don’t Have To Be Afraid Of
“In Yanira Castro’s new The People to Come, five dancers each create two 19-minute solos based on material – sketches, photos, patterns, tasks – submitted by audience members. And it all happens right before the viewers’ eyes, over the course of four hours.”
Defecting Cuban Dancers Start Over In U.S.
“These dancers could be among the young talent of any ballet company, but for now they are something else: Immigrants in the United States trying to land dancing opportunities while navigating cultural differences. The ballerinas fled from the Cuban National Ballet while on tour in Mexico.”
David Blackburn, 76, Dancer And Director Who Helped Professionalize The Cincinnati Ballet
“David brought the human factor into an art form that demanded perfection.”
Quick, Grad Students! Turn Your Dissertation Into A Dance!
“A $500 dollar prize will be awarded to the best dances in the categories of physics, chemistry, biology, and social sciences.”
ABT’s Ballet Mistress Remembers Vaganova
Irina Kolpakova: “Vaganova told us to use all parts of our body together at the same time. Not only this movement for the leg, this movement for the arms, this movement you’re supposed to learn how to use for your head, neck. No, all together, all the time.”
ABT Names New Ballet Master
“Keith Roberts, a former principal dancer with American Ballet Theater, has been named a ballet master, Kevin McKenzie, the theater’s artistic director announced Thursday. The appointment is effective this September.”
Eliot Feld Expands His Dance Education Project Into NYC Public High School
“Every year, roughly 30,000 students … audition for Ballet Tech, formally known as the New York City Public School for Dance, which provides dance training run by Mr. Feld along with academic study for 156 students in grades 4 through 8. … Beginning in the fall of 2014, the organization will team up with the Professional Performing Arts High School, allowing the students to continue … through 12th grade.”
Are We Going Too Far In Training Single-Minded Young Ballet Dancers?
“Videos of sweet children dancing is one thing – but watching ever-younger kids attempt an adult art form is questionable.”
NYCity Ballet’s Master Marks 30 Years
“At age 66, Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief, has weathered 30 years at its helm. He may well end up lasting longer than the 35 years enjoyed by the company’s founding ballet master, George Balanchine.”