by Marina Harss | Nov 1, 2017 | Career, Profiles
On November 7, David Hallberg’s highly anticipated memoir, A Body of Work: Dancing to the Edge and Back, will be available in bookstores. (It’s currently available for pre-order from Simon & Schuster and various other retailers.) Published by...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 10, 2017 | Career, Viral Videos
Last Thursday was World Ballet Day LIVE, the official 22-hour live-stream relay showcasing companies across the globe. If you were busy (we know that you don’t always have the luxury to spend an entire day watching ballet), don’t fret. Many of the...
by Claudia Bauer | Oct 2, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Viral Videos
For some of us, every day feels like World Ballet Day LIVE. But the official event takes place on Thursday, October 5, with a free 22-hour live-stream relay showcasing The Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, The Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Canada and San Francisco...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 26, 2017 | Profiles, Viral Videos
In a dream world we’d all be able to pop over to the Bolshoi to see the best of Russian ballet whenever we want. But because (unfortunately) that’s not a possibility for most of us, the Bolshoi makes it easier by bringing their masterpieces to the silver...
by Laura Cappelle | Aug 29, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Reverence
To whom would you attribute your success? My mom, because I trained privately with her. She pushed me to become what I am now, and she’s one of the best teachers out there. She doesn’t just go by her Bolshoi schooling: She’s really good at finding...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 7, 2017 | Company Life
If everyone in your ballet class has called out sick on October 5, there’s a perfectly good explanation: that’s when World Ballet Day LIVE is scheduled to return. In other words, 24 hours of binge-worthy behind-the-scenes footage featuring five of the...
by Julia Rosica | Aug 2, 2017 | Profiles, TBT
Bolshoi ballerina Evgenia Obraztsova is sunny and spritely in this 2003 video clip from the Grand Pas Classique Hongrois in Raymonda. She performed this solo at 19 during her first year with the Mariinsky Ballet. Audiences around the world love Obraztsova’s...
by Laura Cappelle | Jul 25, 2017 | Career, Profiles, Reverence
What do you enjoy more: performing or being in the studio? Performing, of course. It’s like waiting and getting ready for your birthday party. The rehearsals are a hard process: It’s a long wait for enjoyment. What qualities do you admire most in other...