by Kyra Laubacher | Oct 28, 2022 | News, Onstage
Carmen—the saucy, dramatic ballet packed with scandal and Spanish flair—gets a new look at Tulsa Ballet this November. With reworked costumes and brand-new choreography by Northern Ballet resident choreographer Kenneth Tindall, this iteration adds contemporary twists...
by Julia Rosica | Aug 21, 2019 | TBT
Updated on 8/5/2020 French ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire first gained fame when she premiered the titular title role in Roland Petit’s Carmen in 1949, opposite Petit as Carmen’s lover Don José. With her famously cropped hair (and cropped tutu!),...
by Pointe Magazine | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
In English, “le jeune homme et la mort” translates to “the young man and death.” There’s no missing the somber tone in this clip of Roland Petit’s short ballet. As the young man, Rudolf Nureyev dances in a reverie to the melancholic...