by Caedra Scott-Flaherty | Feb 14, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
While on tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1917, the inimitable Russian dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky committed to working on a new ballet, called Caaporá, based on a Guarani legend of the urutaú, also known as the potoo bird. He never completed the...
by Caedra Scott-Flaherty | Dec 11, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo turns 50 this year. It is cause for celebration when any dance company reaches such a milestone, but especially for one that falls outside the typical mold: a queer, mostly male comic ballet company where the dancers perform en...
by Lauren Wingenroth For Dance Magazine | Aug 9, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Calvin Royal III is no stranger to the ballet festival scene. For years now, the American Ballet Theatre principal has been a regular at summer staples like Vail Dance Festival (where he was an artist in residence in 2021), Spoleto Festival, and Kaatsbaan Cultural...
by Kyra Laubacher | Nov 14, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Dance and poetry have long enjoyed a fruitful partnership. Across genres, hundreds of choreographed works have integrated elements of spoken word. Now, Complexions Contemporary Ballet has benefited from the two art forms’ compatibility with a new artistic position. On...
by Haley Hilton | Nov 23, 2022 | News, Onstage
On a fall evening inside New York City Center’s studios, Complexions Contemporary Ballet is deep in rehearsals for its upcoming season at The Joyce Theater in New York City. With just days until opening night, the focus of this hour is Endgame, the latest work created...
by Kyra Laubacher | Jun 27, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
When choreographer Christopher Williams was 20, he saw Matthew Bourne’s reimagining of Swan Lake with its corps of all-male swans. The performance, he says, made him burst into tears and think, “I must do something like this someday.” Williams’ dream will be realized...
by Hannah Chang Foster | Apr 8, 2022 | News, The Latest
Fiery red dresses, passionate bullfighters, clicking castanets—Carmen is known for its prominent (albeit stereotypical) display of Spanish culture. Ballet adaptations of Georges Bizet’s famous opera tend to stay true to tragic themes: Carmen, a passionate,...
by Julia Guiheen | Feb 17, 2021 | TBT
It’s not every day that you get to see two living legends share the same stage. In 2007, Carmen de Lavallade and Desmond Richardson, trailblazers generations apart, premiered Dwight Rhoden’s Precious Blood at The Joyce Theater in New York. In this clip,...