Category: dance

“From the barefoot ecstasies of Isadora Duncan, whose free, expressive dancing struck a blow against the corseted rigours of classical ballet, to the collective ‘jazzing’ of the 1920s, dance came to play a surprisingly emblematic role in the story of women’s liberation.”

“Robbers stole two safes and attacked the domestic help at the home of former Bolshoi ballerina Anastasia Volochkova in northern Moscow.” .

The flooding of the troupe’s storage space during Hurricane Sandy “gave us an opportunity actually to try a new version of one of Martha Graham’s classic dances, Errand into the Maze. And we decided to feature the choreography itself without the classic set and without the traditional costumes to give audiences a fresh look at it,” says artistic director Janet Eilber.

“Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, the audacious and imaginative artistic director who has led the Latino-rooted Luna Negra Dance Theater here since 2010 – and transformed it into a company of great sophistication and experimentation – has stepped down from his post, effective immediately. … [The company] has been suffering from previously undisclosed financial and administrative problems for many months.”

The mother of all performance artists is working at, of all places, the Paris Opera Ballet, collaborating with Sibi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet on a new setting of Ravel’s Boléro.

“English National Ballet’s artistic director Tamara Rojo will perform the lead role in the company’s production of Swan Lake for select dates at the Royal Albert Hall this summer.”

“What the history of British classical dance overwhelmingly demonstrates is that while women may run ballet schools and become ballet company administrators and directors, they are rarely, if ever, invited to the choreographic high table. They are permitted responsibility, in other words, but not creative power.”

“I had shoulder surgery a couple of years ago, then popped a bicep tendon in the other arm. … I feel like my body is breaking down a bit. I want to leave when I’m still able to move and not struggling. Dancing full-time is great, but it takes a toll.”

“Watching the dancers in action and talking with them afterward about their creative process ‘pulls our staff out of the same way we do things so that we can better design solutions and solve problems,’ he says.”