by Thomas Ford For Dance Spirit | Apr 1, 2024 | News, The Latest
You might remember Anthony Madu from a video that went viral in June 2020. Shared to millions on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter) by celebrities like Viola Davis and Cynthia Erivo, the video captured an 11-year-old Madu dancing barefoot and in the rain on a...
by April Deocariza | Dec 7, 2020 | Instagram, News, The Latest
Looking for some extra merriment this holiday season? Disney+ is gifting ballet fans with an inside look at the School of American Ballet with its new show “On Pointe.” The six-part docuseries, which began filming in summer 2019 and concluded in early 2020...
by Margaret Fuhrer for Dance Spirit | Sep 15, 2019 | News
We’ve been dying to hear more about “On Pointe,” a docuseries following students at the School of American Ballet, since we first got wind of the project this spring. Now—finally!—we know where this can’t-miss show is going to live: It was just...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 7, 2018 | Everything Nutcracker, Just for fun, News
It’s August—the sun is shining, summer intensives are winding down, and Nutcracker seems very far away. But this new trailer for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is already getting us in the holiday mood. While this modern take on the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Aug 7, 2018 | News
It’s August—the sun is shining, summer intensives are winding down, and Nutcracker seems very far away. But this new trailer for Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is already getting us in the holiday mood. While this modern take on the...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 12, 2017 | Profiles
Last week you might have seen Instagram light up with photos of American Ballet Theatre’s James Whiteside and Boston Ballet’s Misa Kuranaga dancing a Beauty and the Beast pas de deux for Disney Japan in Tokyo. When we realized that Whiteside had also...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jul 14, 2016 | Everything Nutcracker, News, Profiles
Just when we think Misty Copeland has done it all (how many dancers can say they have their own Barbie doll?), she surprises us with another exciting project. The American Ballet Theatre principal is set to star in Disney’s new live-action Nutcracker film as the...