by Hannah Foster | Feb 17, 2016 | Company Life
Swan Lake ‘s Black Swan pas de deux may be a chance for stars’ technique to shine, but it’s the acting—Odile’s wicked seduction of the blindly loving Siegfried—that gives me chills. In this clip from a 2004 recording of La Scala...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
The Black Swan trailer is out! Even though there are some beautiful dancing shots, this obviously is not your typical ballet movie. Take a peek at the trailer to see for yourself. And stay tuned for more about the movie in Pointe’s December/January issue—we...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
One of the things we love most about Black Swan is that it gets all the little details right–down to the practice clothes. Nina and Lily’s refined leotards are exactly the sort of chic, understated pieces real ballerinas would wear. That’s...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Set the DVR: There’s a new ballet drama coming to TV. It basically sounds like a serialized version of “Black Swan”: The project, described in The Hollywood Reporter as “dark and gritty,” will follow a young female ballet dancer with a...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
At 92, Cuban prima ballerina Alicia Alonso is a living legend. Now director of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba, she had a brilliant dancing career despite being partially blind from the age of 19. Here she is (with the none-too-shabby Azari Plisetsky) in excerpts from the...