by April Deocariza | May 13, 2020 | Dance Spirit, News, The Latest
Where were you when you first watched Center Stage? Were you team Charlie or team Cooper? It’s hard to believe that the iconic ballet film just had its 20th anniversary on Tuesday, but Hollywood couldn’t have given fans a better way to celebrate. Deadline...
by Margaret Fuhrer for Dance Spirit | Sep 15, 2019 | News
We’ve been dying to hear more about “On Pointe,” a docuseries following students at the School of American Ballet, since we first got wind of the project this spring. Now—finally!—we know where this can’t-miss show is going to live: It was just...
by Margaret Fuhrer for Dance Spirit | Aug 6, 2019 | News
Pop quiz, dance friends! Select all that apply: a) You love ballet. b) You love ballet on TV. c) You absolutely devoured Tiny Pretty Things, the 2016 YA novel described as “Black Swan meets ‘Pretty Little Liars.'” d) OK you haven’t read the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jun 10, 2019 | News, Profiles, Trending
Seven years ago today something very special entered the lives of bunheads everywhere. What was it? Well, “Bunheads,” the Amy Sherman-Palladino television show that aired on ABC Family for 18 short episodes, until the final curtain fell in February of...
by Margaret Fuhrer for Dance Spirit | May 20, 2019 | News, Training
Do you have a “Strictly Ballet”–sized hole in your heart? Good news: There’s an upcoming docuseries, “On Pointe,” that just might fill it. The School of American Ballet is teaming up with Imagine Documentaries and DCTV for the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 5, 2019 | Dance Spirit, Profiles
When American Ballet Theatre soloist Skylar Brandt’s phone lit up with a message from Julian MacKay last summer, she never could have imagined the journey it would set her on. Brandt barely knew the Mikhailovsky Ballet first soloist—they’d met...