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 23, 2020 | Dance Spirit, Profiles, The Latest, Videos, Viral Videos
Earlier this week, Vanity Fair dropped a gift into our laps. The magazine released a 25-minute long YouTube video of Julie Kent reviewing ballet scenes from 60 years of feature films, spanning from 1948’s The Red Shoes to 2018’s The White Crow. While she...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 15, 2020 | Profiles, Viral Videos
After many weeks stuck at home, it can be easy give into feelings of frustration. But when Boston Ballet principals Lia Cirio and Paul Craig realized that their jobs would be put on hold, they were determined to use this time creatively, and decided to see only each...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 7, 2020 | Profiles, Viral Videos
“The pointe shoes are part of my instrument,” says Royal Ballet first soloist Beatriz Stix-Brunell in the new short film “Friend & Foe,” a two-minute exploration of Stix-Brunell’s love/hate relationship to her pointe shoes....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 23, 2020 | News, Viral Videos
DANSEUR , the feature-length documentary released in 2018, explores the social stigmatization young men face in ballet. And after last summer’s “Good Morning America” scandal, and the #boysdancetoo movement that followed, the film’s message...
by Amy Brandt | Aug 9, 2018 | Company Life
Chances are, you’ve seen (and “liked”) photographer Omar Z Robles’ beautiful shots of ballet dancers on social media. Rather than clean and tidy studio photos, his work captures dancers (“the ultimate subject,” he says) outside and...
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...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 29, 2018 | News, Profiles
This week marks the world premiere of Frame by Frame, The National Ballet of Canada’s new full length ballet based on the life and work of innovative filmmaker Norman McLaren. While those outside of the cinephile community might not be familiar with...