by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 29, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
When Philadelphia Ballet artistic director Angel Corella flew home to his native Spain this summer, he had packed just enough clothing to get him through a week. By his return flight, he was carting two large suitcases chock-full of lace, castanets, fans, and handmade...
by Kyra Laubacher | Oct 28, 2022 | News, Onstage
Carmen—the saucy, dramatic ballet packed with scandal and Spanish flair—gets a new look at Tulsa Ballet this November. With reworked costumes and brand-new choreography by Northern Ballet resident choreographer Kenneth Tindall, this iteration adds contemporary twists...
by Hannah Foster | Apr 8, 2022 | News, The Latest
Fiery red dresses, passionate bullfighters, clicking castanets—Carmen is known for its prominent (albeit stereotypical) display of Spanish culture. Ballet adaptations of Georges Bizet’s famous opera tend to stay true to tragic themes: Carmen, a passionate,...
by Julia Guiheen | Aug 21, 2019 | TBT
Updated on 8/5/2020 French ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire first gained fame when she premiered the titular title role in Roland Petit’s Carmen in 1949, opposite Petit as Carmen’s lover Don José. With her famously cropped hair (and cropped tutu!),...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 7, 2017 | News
Set to begin shooting in early 2018, Millepied’s Carmen will be a modern-day retelling, setting the protagonist on a journey from Mexico to Los Angeles in pursuit of freedom. The film, described as a contemporary musical drama, will also feature an original...
by Nancy Wozny | Sep 6, 2016 | News
This story originally appeared in the August/September 2016 issue of Pointe. Carlos Acosta’s Carmen, a co-production with London’s Royal Ballet, Australia’s Queensland Ballet and Texas Ballet Theater, arrives in Dallas, September 16–18, and in...
by Hannah Foster | Dec 9, 2015 | Company Life
When she won gold at the Prix de Lausanne in 1994, Diana Vishneva was merely 17 years old. However, it’s clear that she was on the dawn of superstardom. Twenty years have brought Vishneva’s dancing an artistic depth and maturity that contrasts the almost...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Choreographer Roland Petit was for years the ballet world’s master of theatrical showmanship. Bolstered by rich, beautifully designed costumes and decor, his works oozed sensual style. Yet even stripped of all that pageantry, his choreography retains an electric...