by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 20, 2017 | News
Misty Copeland’s dancing and Justin Peck’s choreography have graced stages around the world. Now, these two stars will test themselves as curators. This year, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, DC, features their respective...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Apr 17, 2017 | Views
With digital platforms, cinema screenings and Hollywood-worthy trailers, ballet is rapidly expanding beyond the grainy YouTube clips of yesteryear. These two gorgeous new films by Ezra Hurwitz, a former Miami City Ballet dancer turned director, show two facets of the...
by Marina Harss | Oct 16, 2016 | Company Life
George Balanchine’s Gounod Symphony is one of those ballets that seems to have fallen through the cracks, for no good reason. This 25-minute work, set to Charles Gounod’s lively first symphony, has largely faded from popular repertoire. (It was last...