Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Wayne McGregor Makes His ABT Choreographic Debut Ever since Vaslav Nijinsky shocked Paris audiences in 1913 with his Rite of Spring for the Ballets Russes, dancemakers from Sir Kenneth MacMillan to Pina Bausch have tried their hands at choreographing to Igor Stravinsky’s […]
The season of promotions has begun! Boston Ballet just announced that five company dancers will be moving up the ranks, effective at the start of the 2018/2019 season this fall. Ji Young Chae in Jorma Elo’s “Bach Cello Suites.” Photo by Rosalie O’Connor, Courtesy Boston Ballet. Ji Young Chae and Derek Dunn will be promoted […]
In one of 60 spacious dance studios at the Beijing Dance Academy, Pei Yu Meng practices a tricky step from Jorma Elo’s Over Glow. She’s standing among other students, but they all work alone, with the help of teachers calling out corrections from the front of the room. On top of her strong classical foundation […]
When Erin Arbuckle takes ballet class wearing her New York City Marathon shirt, teachers often ask her, “You didn’t actually run that, did you?” She did, twice, and she’s running again this year on November 5. Arbuckle, 28, a graduate of School of American Ballet and a freelance dancer who has performed with Ballet Next […]
The realms of fairy tale ballets are filled with imaginary queens. But in Denmark, the nation’s real-life, reigning monarch, Queen Margrethe II, fills the stages of fairy tale ballets with her original costume and decor designs. In fact, she’s been the in-house set designer for the Pantomime Theatre of Copenhagen’s famed Tivoli Gardens since 2001. […]
Earlier this month, San Francisco Ballet surprised us all by announcing that longtime New York City Ballet principal, Ana Sophia Scheller, would be joining its roster as a principal. The Argentinian-born dancer moved to New York at the age of 13 to study at the School of American Ballet, and later joined NYCB as a […]
San Francisco Ballet dancers Natasha Sheehan and Angelo Greco were announced the winners of the 12th International Erik Bruhn Prize on Wednesday. Hamburg Ballet soloist Marc Jubete won the Choreographic Prize for his new work, Remember. The competition, which honors the legacy of Danish ballet dancer Erik Bruhn, was held November 15 in Toronto; participants […]
As if you needed another excuse to binge-watch ballet, World Ballet Day LIVE returns for its third consecutive year of live streaming on October 4. The global behind-the-scenes event features some of the world’s top companies, and seems to grow bigger each year. This year, a South American company, Ballet Nacional Sodre, will be featured […]