by Julia Rosica | Dec 4, 2019 | Everything "Nutcracker", Viral Videos
For many a bunhead, “The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” is not just a holiday tradition, but a rite of passage. The variation, with its tinkling celesta, bourrĂ©es and petit battus, is one that all ballet dancers are familiar with, and getting the...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Sep 16, 2015 | Company Life
The ballet Don Quixote depicts classical Russian elegance dressed in fiery Spanish flair. Although Marius Petipa’s version for the Bolshoi Ballet debuted in 1869, most modern productions are based off of Alexander Gorksy’s 1900 revival. He sought to trade...