by Caitlin Sims for Dance Magazine | Oct 11, 2024 | News, The Latest
There’s a new ballet documentary on the scene. Closer Than Yesterday, directed by Lisa Le Lievre, follows San Francisco Ballet’s Carmela Mayo as she prepares for the 2022 Helsinki International Ballet Competition. The documentary shows Mayo, who had recently...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Oct 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck and Emmy-winning actress Elisabeth Moss (of Mad Men and Handmaid’s Tale fame) may seem like unlikely friends, until you dig a little deeper into their backgrounds. Both attended Westside School of Ballet in Santa Monica...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 14, 2017 | Profiles
Hollywood portrayals of the dance world tend to be either campy love stories or dark, twisted melodramas. But a new French drama coming soon to American cinemas offers a more introspective (and authentic) perspective of one dancer’s search for artistic...