by Julia Guiheen | Jan 20, 2021 | TBT
Carla Fracci, a former principal dancer of La Scala Ballet in Milan, is among the rare class of ballerinas who continued to perform into her 50s and beyond. Romantic ballets were her calling card throughout her career. In 1987, when Fracci was 51, she was featured in...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 28, 2020 | Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Profiles, The Latest
By this point in the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, people are completely burned out on dancing at home. So it’s no surprise that last week, all-around dance superstar Alex Wong posted a video on Instagram performing the famous La Esmeralda variation… but...
by Julia Guiheen | Sep 20, 2017 | Profiles, TBT
The tambourine variation from La Esmeralda is a competition favorite, but the full pas de deux isn’t seen as often. That’s a shame, because it contains some of the most technically challenging classical choreography to be found. In this video, Yuan Yuan...