by Lydia Murray | Jul 12, 2023 | News, The Latest
After a three-year hiatus from performing, Misty Copeland is back in the limelight with her new 28-minute film, Flower, which centers on themes of housing insecurity, gentrification, and the communal power of art. The film is the debut project of Copeland and longtime...
by Marcie Sillman | Jun 16, 2023 | News, The Latest, Videos
One year ago, Dylan Wald didn’t know if he’d ever perform again. The Pacific Northwest Ballet principal had just undergone major surgery: insertion of a metal rod into his left tibia in a last-ditch attempt to repair a nagging stress fracture. For Wald, now 27, there...
by Alice Robb | Jun 2, 2023 | News, The Latest
Twenty-six-year-old Elise Gautier has it all: a promising career with a major ballet company; a relationship with a golden-boy fellow dancer. But in the first few minutes of the feature film Rise (released last year in France and in U.S. theaters this month), it all...
by April Deocariza | May 30, 2023 | News, The Latest
Ballet trailblazer Chun Wai Chan can now add film to his growing list of credentials with his starring role in Never Fade Away. The short film highlights the true story of a young Chinese immigrant, the late Sin-Tzu Weng, who moved to the U.S. in the 1940s to flee...
by Amy Brandt | Apr 15, 2022 | News, The Latest
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, dancers around the world have been rallying to support the Ukrainian people the best way they know how: through their artform. One of the most high-profile benefit performances occurred in March at the London Coliseum,...
by Zoe Phillips | Sep 14, 2021 | News, The Latest
At the top of the Artists Climate Collective’s website reads a simple motto: “Share Art. Spread Awareness.” The message, written across a photo of a windswept dancer standing in front of a glittering lake, aptly represents the ACC’s mission, which intends to blur the...
by Zoe Phillips | Aug 25, 2021 | The Latest, Training
Like most every other event of last year, the Royal Academy of Dance’s Genée International Ballet Competition was canceled in 2020, put on pause during the first waves of COVID-19. Its suspension was an especially heavy blow; the organization was marking its 100th...
by Maggie Small | Apr 11, 2021 | Company Life
Creating dances specifically for film has become one of the most effective ways that ballet companies have connected with audiences and kept dancers employed during the pandemic. Around the world, dance organizations are finding opportunities through digital seasons,...