Last year, we brought you the first ever Great Nutcracker Roundup, a listing of 71 of our nation’s professional Nutcrackers, organized by state. Now we’re back, and this year we’ve included 99 productions in 40 states. So as you get ready to sit down to your turkey (or tofurkey) dinner this week, take a look […]
On this morning’s edition of “Good Morning America,” host Lara Spencer did what the dance community has been clamoring for since last Thursday, when her flippant comments about Prince George enjoying ballet lessons provoked widespread outrage: She apologized live on air. “The comment I made about dance was insensitive, it was stupid, and I am […]
At 6:30 this morning, I exited the subway in Times Square and walked towards the group of dancers gathered outside the “Good Morning America” studios. The moment I entered the fray, any lingering early morning grogginess disappeared; the energy in the crowd was palpable. By 7 am, the time that “GMA” goes live to millions […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve rounded up some highlights. The Joyce Theater Ballet Festival Gets the Royal Treatment The Joyce Theater’s Ballet Festival, curated by a team of colleagues from The Royal Ballet, continues this week. Program C, curated by frequent Royal Ballet designer Jean-Marc Puissant, runs August 13-15. It features […]
What do you get when you add Royal Ballet principal Francesca Hayward, Taylor Swift, Hamilton choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler, CGI fur technology, giant sets and unitards galore? The answer is the new CATS film, scheduled for major release December 20, 2019. The official trailer has just dropped, and it’s even bigger, furrier and more dance-filled than […]
Legendary choreographer Paul Taylor, whose illustrious career spanned seven decades, passed away yesterday in New York City at age 88. Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, Taylor discovered dance relatively late in life, while in college at Syracuse University on a swimming scholarship. He then transferred to the Juilliard School, and in 1954 began to […]
If you’ll be in the Chicago area next month, the historic Auditorium Theatre is putting together a one-night-only performance you don’t want to miss. The event is in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the theater’s reopening in 1967, which featured a performance of George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream by former New York City […]
Zachary Catazaro is ending his New York City Ballet Fall 2017 season on a high note. NYCB’s ballet master in chief, Peter Martins, announced Catazaro’s promotion from soloist to principal on Oct. 12th, just before the company’s evening performance. Catazaro had a stand out season, making his debut as Prince Siegfried alongside principal Sterling Hyltin’s […]