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 | Jun 18, 2018 | News
On June 20, Royal Danish Ballet will open the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival with a weeklong run in the historic Ted Shawn Theatre. The celebrated relationship between the Copenhagen-based company and the Pillow dates back to 1954, when leading RDB soloist Inge...
by Anna Maples | Jun 17, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. The Australian Ballet’s Triple Bill, Verve, Includes New Work by Company Dancer Alice Topp Verve , a triple-bill program from The Australian Ballet running June 21-30...
by Laura Cappelle | May 8, 2018 | Career, Profiles
What do you enjoy most: performing, or being in the studio? The moment right after performing. It’s never a perfect show, but however you feel about it, there is a satisfaction, a sense of fulfillment. What qualities do you admire most in other dancers?...
by Avichai Scher | Nov 2, 2017 | Health & Body
When Erin Arbuckle takes ballet class wearing her New York City Marathon shirt, teachers often ask her, “You didn’t actually run that, did you?” She did, twice, and she’s running again this year on November 5. Arbuckle, 28, a graduate of School...
by Rachel Hellwig | Aug 21, 2017 | Profiles, Viral Videos
The realms of fairy tale ballets are filled with imaginary queens. But in Denmark, the nation’s real-life, reigning monarch, Queen Margrethe II, fills the stages of fairy tale ballets with her original costume and decor designs. In fact, she’s been the...
by Caroline Hamilton | Aug 9, 2017 | Profiles
Over the years, many companies have premiered works or made their U.S. debut at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and some of the world’s most famous ballet dancers have performed there. This week I will give some more insights from the Pillow’s...
by Lucy Van Cleef | Apr 3, 2017 | Career, Company Life
When Holly Dorger arrived in Copenhagen to join the Royal Danish Ballet after graduating from the School of American Ballet, she was shocked by the unfamiliar. “We brought home cat food thinking it was canned tuna,” she laughs, recollecting her first weeks...