by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
I have a love/hate relationship with figure skating. Part of me roots for the fact that it’s fairly artistic—it’s the closest thing to dance I’ll ever see at the Olympics. (PS: I’m obsessed with all things Olympics.) On the other hand,...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
We have to hand it to the Russians. Olympic opening ceremonies are always brilliant spectacles, but rarely do they involve appearances by world-class ballet dancers. Last Friday night, the Sochi opening ceremony offered a smorgasbord of rich, theatrical images, many...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
I’m always looking for more dance-related events to watch during the Olympics, a confession I made last week, which is why I can’t believe I missed out on—drum roll please—ski ballet! Apparently, the sport was around for about 30 years. It peaked as a...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Sochi’s glittery closing ceremony last night celebrated Russian culture, and no such celebration would be complete without ballet, of course. But leave it to the Olympics to bring Russia’s two great—and very competitive—ballet houses together. How...