“‘Good stroppy walks, everyone,’ says Matthew Bourne with a smile. The dancers of Scottish Ballet smile back, because coming from the man for whom characterisation is key, this is high praise indeed.”
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The Details Behind Closing Merce Cunningham’s Company
“Discussions about the Cunningham company’s future actually began back in 1990 as a small part of a grant that urged the Cunningham organization to begin planning for a time after Cunningham’s death.”
Ballet Gains A (Tentative) Toe-Hold In The Arab World
Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the wealthy and culturally ambitious but straitlaced emirates on the Persian Gulf coast, have been bringing in the likes of the Royal Danish Ballet and the Mariinsky Ballet – despite the fact that tutus push some cultural boundaries there.
Injury Recovery Secrets Of The Joffrey Ballet
If anyone would know how to recover from injury, it’s ballet dancers.
Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale To Become A Ballet
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet will open its 2013-2014 season with “a new adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. It’s a project that’s been in the works for eight years, with New York’s Lila York choreographing the dance to the music of James MacMillan.”
Miami City Ballet’s Sister Act
Patricia and Jeanette Delgado “trained together … with the same teachers, joined the same company and are now two of Miami City Ballet’s most celebrated and critically lauded principal dancers. They are also best friends who figured out early on how to navigate the considerable pitfalls of sibling rivalry with aplomb.”
Royal NZ Ballet Locked Out Of Tianjin Theater In Battle Over Lack Of Heat
“The risk of serious injury from chilly theatre conditions has forced the Royal New Zealand Ballet to cancel two shows in its tour of China. The company was then locked out of the theatre and was unable to retrieve its sets and costumes until the New Zealand embassy in Beijing intervened.”
Carlos Acosta Begins Easing Away From Ballet
“Acosta turns 40 this year, and he’s aware of what time, and the rigours of classical technique, do to a dancer’s body. … He does have concerns that the labels, and most especially the audience expectations that go with them, might prove a stumbling block to what he hopes to achieve with a programme [of non-ballet work].”
Bringing Street Dance Inside: Stupid Move?
“‘I found a place to create my art,’ Martinez says, smiling at the pumping, diving, spinning, locked-in crowd.”
Where Have All The Women Choreographers Gone?
“The good news is that the debate is growing louder and more vigorous,” but “if change is coming, it’s still in the smallest of increments.”