by Margaret Fuhrer | Jan 23, 2013 | Company Life
New Work at The Royal Though long a story ballet stronghold, The Royal Ballet has become a home for new choreography as well. During his first year at the company’s helm, artistic director Kevin O’Hare has made it clear that he’ll follow in the...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Jan 10, 2013 | Company Life
“Ballerinas are always trying to dance like swans,” says New York City Ballet legend Allegra Kent. “Swan Lake, The Dying Swan. I thought to myself, What if a swan decided to become a ballerina?” Out of that felicitous idea grew Kent’s...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 25, 2012 | Company Life
Old-Fashioned Stage Magic Christopher Wheeldon brings a darker Cinderella to life. Don’t expect to see a fairy godmother or a pumpkin carriage in Christopher Wheeldon’s new Cinderella, which premieres this December at Dutch National Ballet and comes to San...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Sep 20, 2012 | Company Life
Étoile at Work Marie-Agnès Gillot makes her first piece for the Paris Opéra Ballet. Though Paris Opéra Ballet étoile Marie-Agnès Gillot has been experimenting with choreography for a few years, she was surprised when artistic...
by Margaret Fuhrer | May 11, 2011 | Company Life
The last time the Royal Danish Ballet performed in New York City, some 23 years ago, Nikolaj Hübbe was dancing with the company. Soon after that, he joined New York City Ballet, and his purity of line and expression made him a favorite in New York until his...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 17, 2010 | Company Life
Six Bolshoi Ballerinas Take California Six Bolshoi-trained primas perform new works by Mauro Bigonzetti and six other choreographers in “Reflections” at OCPAC. Picture this: You’re standing in a studio with world-famous ballerinas Maria Kochetkova, Yekaterina...
by Elizabeth Kendall | Oct 1, 2009 | Company Life
The sixth Helsinki International Ballet Competition, held this June in Finland, was something of a guy’s show. The most notable of the 70 competitors, who performed over the course of seven evenings in the beautiful Finnish National Opera House, were all men:...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Oct 1, 2009 | Company Life
This July, Ballet British Columbia appointed Emily Molnar—one of the company’s stars in the 1990s and now an esteemed choreographer—as its interim artistic director. (Molnar replaces John Alleyne, who stepped down in June.) The announcement came on...
