by Julia Guiheen | Mar 17, 2021 | TBT
The ballet world lost an icon earlier this month with the sudden passing of Patrick Dupond on March 5. The French dancer, a former étoile and former director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, had a larger-than-life persona onstage and off. He was renowned for his charisma...
by Julia Guiheen | Apr 15, 2020 | TBT
If you need a bit of cheering up as we near the end of another week, Mikhail Baryshnikov’s unbridled charisma in this 1983 clip from American Ballet Theatre’s Don Quixote is just the ticket. Then the artistic director of ABT, Baryshnikov performs...
by Laura Jaye Cramer | Dec 24, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
When talking about a role like Basilio in Don Quixote, it’s easy to throw around terms like “virtuosic” and “powerhouse.” “Cancer survivor” is less common, but so is Francisco Estevez, the unflappable 30-year-old Colorado...