by Julia Rosica | Feb 13, 2019 | Profiles, TBT
The individual touches that ballerinas incorporate into well-known classical variations are a source of endless fascination for us bunheads. (The abundant “variation compilation” videos on YouTube is proof of our obsession!) Odette’s solo in Swan...
by Jennifer Stahl For Dance Magazine | Feb 4, 2019 | News
When Catherine Wreford found out that she had brain cancer in June 2013, with doctors predicting she had only two to six years left to live, there was one thing she knew she wanted to do: dance. She had grown up training in the recreational division at the Royal...
by Suzannah Friscia | Jan 30, 2019 | Career, News
Picture The Wizard of Oz, and your head probably fills with yellow brick roads, flying monkeys, emerald cities and ruby slippers. Now imagine what it takes to translate that magic to the stage—and what it would look like in pointe shoes. On Friday, Colorado...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Oct 8, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. NYCB Bids Farewell to Principal Joaquin De Luz New York City Ballet’s fall season continues this week with a return to Jerome Robbins. Then, on October 14, the company...
by Madeline Schrock For Dance Magazine | Aug 1, 2018 | News
More than 60 former students from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet have joined a class-action lawsuit against the company and its former teacher and photographer Bruce Monk. Those involved are seeking $75 million in damages, for inappropriate photos that were taken of them...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Jun 11, 2018 | Just for fun
“It just…always looks better in my head.” While that might not be something any of us would want to hear from a choreographer, it’s a brilliant introduction to “Off Kilter” and the odd, insecure character at its center, Milton...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Jun 11, 2018 | Just for fun, News, Viral Videos
“It just…always looks better in my head.” While that might not be something any of us would want to hear from a choreographer, it’s a brilliant introduction to “Off Kilter” and the odd, insecure character at its center, Milton...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Apr 29, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. New York City Ballet’s Jerome Robbins Festival Opens with World Premiere by Justin Peck This week marks the start of NYCB’s Robbins 100 festival, running May...