by Joseph Carman | Jan 7, 2025 | News, The Latest
When choreographer John Cranko arrived in Stuttgart in 1961, few suspected that the “Stuttgart Ballet miracle,” as people call the company’s era under his direction, was preparing for a grand entrance on the world stage. A new German-language biopic, John Cranko...
by Alice Robb | Jun 2, 2023 | News, The Latest
Twenty-six-year-old Elise Gautier has it all: a promising career with a major ballet company; a relationship with a golden-boy fellow dancer. But in the first few minutes of the feature film Rise (released last year in France and in U.S. theaters this month), it all...
by April Deocariza | May 30, 2023 | News, The Latest
Ballet trailblazer Chun Wai Chan can now add film to his growing list of credentials with his starring role in Never Fade Away. The short film highlights the true story of a young Chinese immigrant, the late Sin-Tzu Weng, who moved to the U.S. in the 1940s to flee...
by Kyra Laubacher | May 25, 2022 | Company Life
For almost two years, the pandemic forced ballet dancers to step off the stage—and onto the screen. As dance organizations adjusted to keep audiences and dancers safe, many choreographers turned their focus to creating dance for film. Now, as companies have...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 2, 2020 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
Many ballet films canonize the careers of dancers long retired from the stage. But that’s not the case for Joy Womack, who at just 26 has not one, but two films in the works based on her life. Womack made a splash early on as the first American to graduate from...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 2, 2019 | Dance Spirit, News, Profiles, Trending
Have we mentioned that we love ballet movies? Thankfully, Dutch National Ballet just gave us something new to look forward to. The company announced today that filming is now underway for Coppelia, a new star-studded fusion of animation and ballet set to be released...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 26, 2019 | Profiles, Viral Videos
In 2017, we shared this short dance film titled Duet. Starring The Royal Ballet’s Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Yasmine Naghdi, the video gained ample coverage for its exploration of same sex partnering. Now the film’s director, Andrew Morgetson, is back with...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 25, 2018 | News, Viral Videos
It goes without saying: We love dance films. Particularly when their creation is inspired by dancers themselves. When Royal Danish Ballet soloist Magnus Christoffersen, currently with Los Angeles Ballet, approached filmmaker Jason Silva with an idea in mind, Silva...