We might be biased, but we think that ballet dancers are unusually good at Halloween. After all, they wear costumes for a living, are familiar with elaborate hair and makeup techniques and own leotards in most colors of the rainbow (the perfect base for any costume). We perused Instagram to find our favorite dancer looks […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. New York City Ballet’s Fall Season Opens With “Jewels” New York City Ballet’s four-week fall season opens September 17. The first week alternates between two different programs. The first is George Balanchine’s glamorous full-length Jewels, and the second is a mixed bill […]
Though the Royal New Zealand Ballet has seen a lot of upheaval in recent years, it’s now attracting dancers from the U.S. again. Six American women are currently working for the Wellington-based company: Two of them, soloist Katherine Minor and dancer Leonora Voigtlander, joined in 2014, shortly before the end of Ethan Stiefel’s tenure as […]
The members of ABT Studio Company straddle two worlds: student and professional. On a March afternoon, as the dancers rehearse for a work choreographed by ABT dancer Gemma Bond, they appear more the former: Clean academic leotards and tights reveal coltish legs. But as soon as they launch into the piece (which later had its […]
On the last day of America Ballet Theatre’s 2018 tour of The Nutcracker in Costa Mesa, California, corps member Alexandra Basmagy couldn’t hold it in any longer. She broke the news to fellow corps members Gemma Bond and Lauren Post that she and her husband are expecting a little boy in August. Basmagy was not […]
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 […]
With Father’s Day just around the corner, we wanted to take a minute to acknowledge some of the dancer dads out there who are doing double duty at home and onstage. So in between feting the father figures in your life this weekend (and thanking them for sitting through countless hours of dance recitals throughout […]
Training in Manila, Philippines may seem a world away from dancing with the big ballet companies in New York City. Yet in April 2018, local ballet students Elwince Magbitang and Raye Vince Pelegrin, both 17, shared the stage in Manila with leading dancers from American Ballet Theatre in the benefit gala An Intimate Evening with […]