Updated on 3/13/2020 With ballet schools, companies and theaters closing to encourage social distancing in the wake of COVID-19, now is the perfect opportunity to hunker down for a ballet movie night. For your convenience, we’ve put together a list of some of our favorite Hollywood dance films, along with info on where to stream […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Dives Into the Roaring ’20s With the World Premiere of “The Great Gatsby” February 8–17 , Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre presents choreographer Jorden Morris’ The Great Gatsby. Based closely on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous novel, this new ballet takes viewers […]
Imagine The Oscars, but for dance. Sound too good to be true? The New York Dance & Performance Awards, commonly known as The Bessies, are about as close as the dance world gets to award show glamour. October 8 marked the 2018 Bessies, the one night of the year when members of the New York […]
For the last few years, World Ballet Day has transfixed millions of ballet lovers with its hours and hours of live-streamed classes, rehearsals and behind-the-scenes extras from major companies around the globe. (We here at Pointe certainly don’t get any work done!) And the 2018 edition is finally here! Hosted by Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet […]
Can’t get enough ballerina pics on your Instagram feed? Us either. That’s why we’ve spent the better part of our Friday scrolling through the Pedestrians En Pointe account. But don’t let the pedestrian part fool you. The dancers captured by photographer Alex Fine are European pros from companies like The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet […]
For dancers, every day is like Halloween. You don’t have to wait until October to try on new personas and elaborate costumes. But that certainly didn’t stop the ballet world from going full out yesterday. We rounded up some of our favorites across Instagram to help draw the *spooky* holiday spirit out for one more […]
Black Swan wasn’t the film industry’s first ballet-themed psychological drama. In The Red Shoes (1948), theater and life conflate, with tragic results for the dancer caught in the middle. Unlike Black Swan, however, The Red Shoes starred a real life ballerina. Moira Shearer, then a leading dancer with Sadler’s Wells Ballet (now The Royal Ballet) […]
Marcelo Gomes’ clean technique, skilled partnering and magnetic stage presence make him one of the world’s most versatile and in-demand male dancers of his generation. This year saw the principal dancer celebrate his 20th anniversary with American Ballet Theatre, a company he joined at just 17 years old. Coinciding with this milestone was the release […]