by Anna Maples | Jul 29, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Vail Dance Fest Enters Its Second Week With half a month devoted to creating new art in the midst of stunning nature, Vail Dance Festival seems a dancer’s paradise....
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 10, 2018 | Just for fun
With Mother’s Day fast approaching, we started thinking about some of the mom characters in ballet who don’t get enough credit. Below are five of our favorites. “Swan Lake” Boston Ballet in Mikko Nissinen’s Swan Lake. Rosalie...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 10, 2018 | News, Viral Videos
Tragedy, romance and world class dancing, all from the comfort of your local movie theater? Sounds like your weekend plans are complete. On May 12, 13, and 15, San Francisco Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet will be playing in select movie theaters around the country...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Mar 11, 2018 | News, Viral Videos
From celebrations of Jerome Robbins’ centennial to exciting premieres to old classics, this week is jam packed with ballet. We rounded up highlights from eight companies to give you a sense of what’s happening onstage this week. The Washington Ballet On...
by Hannah Foster | Feb 13, 2018 | Career, News, Profiles
A company’s corps de ballet is rarely the pool from which title roles are plucked. Yet New York City Ballet seems to buck convention, especially for its full-length production of Peter Martins’ Romeo + Juliet. When it debuted back in 2007, the ballet...
by Julia Guiheen | Jan 3, 2018 | Profiles, Viral Videos
“The Bell Telephone Hour” TV program broadcasted performances of world-class music, opera and ballet to millions of Americans throughout the 1960s. Many of the dance world’s biggest stars frequently appeared on the program. In a 1961 Shakespeare...
by Steve Sucato | Dec 7, 2017 | Profiles
Romeo wasn’t the only one falling in love during Edwaard Liang’s production of Romeo and Juliet at BalletMet last April; those in the audience witnessing retiring company star Adrienne Benz’s final performance as Juliet were equally captivated. Benz...
by Julie Diana Hench | Sep 18, 2017 | Dream Role, Profiles, Technique
As told to Julie Diana Juliet is one of my favorite roles—you go through every emotion in just three acts. I had done different versions of the ballet before, but it was an amazing opportunity when my director Stanton Welch created the role for me. I watched a...