by Dance Magazine | Jan 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
On January 17, 1920, one of American ballet’s most celebrated dance actresses was born. Nora Kaye’s father was an actor who’d worked under Konstantin Stanislavski; her earliest ballet teacher was Ballets Russes choreographer Michel Fokine. (“He...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 13, 2019 | Dance Magazine, News, Profiles, Viral Videos
What’s better than one film about Rudolf Nureyev? Two films about Rudolf Nureyev! We’re excited to share that a feature-length documentary titled Nureyev is slated to make its North American premiere this month. Nureyev will be shown in major U.S. cities...
by Kaylee Randall For Dance Spirit | Mar 3, 2019 | Just for fun, Trending
The dance world is brimming with superstitions. One of the most common is never to say “good luck” before a show, since everyone knows uttering the phrase is, in fact, very bad luck. Actors say “break a leg” instead. But since that phrase...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 7, 2019 | Profiles, Trending, Viral Videos
On Monday evening, four 20th century New York City Ballet stars joined Wendy Whelan in conversation for an event titled Balanchine’s Ballerinas hosted by National Dance Institute, the dance education organization that former NYCB dancer Jacques d’Amboise...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 24, 2018 | News, Profiles
For the past year, companies worldwide have been celebrating Jerome Robbins’ centennial; he was born on October 11, 1918. Starting September 26, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center opens an exhibition celebrating Robbins which...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 12, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
This Thursday, we’re throwing it all the way back to Fanny Elssler, one of the most famous ballerinas of the Romantic period. Elssler may have graced stages far before the age of reality TV and Instagram, but her story is anything but dry. Last week, the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jan 16, 2018 | News, Profiles
A telegram from Lincoln Kirstein to Arthur Mitchell inviting him to join New York City Ballet; an Al Hirschfeld drawing of Suzanne Farrell and Mitchell in Balanchine’s Slaughter on Tenth Avenue; a sparkly red and purple Firebird costume and headpiece from Dance...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 10, 2017 | Career, Everything Nutcracker
Literary Roots E.T.A. Hoffmann, a German writer, penned the eerie and dark tale “Nutcracker and Mouse King” in 1816. About 30 years later, the French writer Alexandre Dumas took the Nutcracker story into his own hands, lightening things up and softening...