Nobody understands dancers quite like…other dancers. That’s why some of the world’s best ballet photographers were once performers themselves. This Sunday at 1:30 pm, New York’s WNET/13 will air Steven Caras: See Them Dance. The beautiful documentary follows the life of Caras, a former New York City Ballet dancer who went on to become a […]
Attention, New York City–area dancers! The School at Steps, a division of the legendary Steps on Broadway, is hosting its annual Pointe Shoe Workshop & Fair (sponsored by none other than Pointe) this Sunday night. Even if you think you’ve already found your perfect pair, this event is worth checking out. The evening will begin […]
Frequently two different choreographers use the same piece of music. But what happens when one choreographer makes two works to the same score? We’ll find out later this month, when Emery LeCrone premieres both a classical and a contemporary interpretation of Bach’s Partita No. 2 in C Minor, created for the Guggenheim’s Works & Process […]
It’s safe to say that Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild aren’t your average ballet dancers. Over the past few years, the New York City Ballet principals have collaborated with the likes of contemporary choreographer Larry Keigwin and jookin star Lil Buck, and both appeared in the New York Philharmonic’s presentation of the classic musical Carousel. […]
Ballet dancers are singularly creative people, but the ballet world can be a difficult environment for choreographers. Mounting a show of your own work requires dancers, studio space, a performance venue—a whole bunch of moving parts that are difficult (and expensive) to coordinate. That’s where the Capezio A.C.E. Award competition comes in. For the past […]
Royal Danish Ballet Tackles Twelfth Night Nikolaj Hübbe is setting the Shakespearean classic on some of the company’s youngest dancers. Shakespeare seems to be on choreographers’ minds these days. In addition to Christopher Wheeldon’s new Winter’s Tale for The Royal Ballet (p. 39) and American Ballet Theatre’s reprise of Alexei Ratmansky’s recent Tempest (p. 42), […]
Much of ballet’s magic is the otherworldly presence dancers have when they step onstage—it’s hard to imagine our favorite stars having lives outside the theater. But that’s what makes documentaries like “The Dancer,” a new short film by former Miami City Ballet dancer Ezra Hurwitz, so fascinating. During its six minutes, we follow New York […]
There’s a new dance movie in the works: Dave Scott, of the “So You Think You Can Dance” and Step Up families—is choreographing High Strung, a film about a ballet dancer from the Midwest who moves to New York City to attend a prestigious school on scholarship. Who will play that ballet dancer, you ask? […]