Dance is literally intoxicating at Ballets With a Twist. The New York City–based dance troupe is known for bringing cocktails to life onstage. Choreographer Marilyn Klaus’ work celebrates popular drinks like the martini, the mai tai and the manhattan—and audience members get one to sip on the spot. It’s a concept that’s sure to draw […]
The word “character” in ballet can be used to describe a type of dance, such as the folk dances in Swan Lake, or the act of embodying role. At the “American Ballet Theatre: A Cast of Characters” event at the Guggenheim museum, the dancers performed excerpts from a range repertoire that ABT will presenting at […]
Hamlet at National Ballet of Canada Kevin O’Day’s Hamlet, made in 2008 for the Stuttgart Ballet, is a haunting, emotional take on Shakespeare’s tragedy. The National Ballet of Canada will give the work its North American premiere this June. The Australian Ballet in NYC After a 13-year absence, The Australian Ballet returns to New York […]
The Australian Ballet makes a rare visit to the U.S. next week. As part of its 50th anniversary season, the company is presenting a series of performances at New York City’s Lincoln Center. Most intriguing is a collaboration with Bangarra Dance Theatre, their country’s leading indigenous dance troupe. Bangarra artistic director Steven Page has […]
Alexei Ratmansky and American Ballet Theatre are a match made in ballet heaven. The artist in residence has a 10-year contract with ABT, and has choreographed abstract and narrative ballets for the company such as The Bright Stream, The Nutcracker and Firebird. At the Guggenheim’s Works & Process on Sunday, ballet mistress Nancy Raffa, and […]
Armitage Gone! Dance just moved into a fancy new arts building in Jersey City, and they’ve got some pretty cool plans for how to use their first-ever permanent space. This weekend, the company will hold an audition for an awesome-sounding workshop. Called a “Professional Project,” the three-week intensive will give 20 advanced students and recent […]
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of Rodeo, Agnes de Mille’s landmark Western Ballet, dancers from American Ballet Theatre have taken the ballet to the New York City streets—and rivers. On Wednesday, a New York Water Taxi filled with the costumed cast took off from 44th street, made a pit stop at the Statue of Liberty, […]
What does Baryshnikov wake up to every morning? Sketches of Ballets Russes legends Sergei Diaghalev and Vaslav Nijinsky drawn by French novelist Jean Cocteau in 1917. A colored pencil illustration of bugs and birds signed “To Misha with Love, Merce Cunningham.” A doodle by Trisha Brown of her own feet. In his post-ballet days, […]