It was fall 2016. Gianna Reisen—then 17 and in her final year at the School of American Ballet, New York City Ballet’s official training school—had just been made the offer of a lifetime: the chance to choreograph a work for the company’s fall gala. She would be the youngest person ever to do so. Two […]
As New York Fashion Week comes to a close we’re looking for ways to extend the glitz and glamour of the world’s most fashionable event a little longer. And we’re in luck because one of fashion’s most iconic brands, Rag & Bone has given us some superb eye candy that we can replay to our […]
Today in “How has this not already happened?” news: Benjamin Millepied—former New York City Ballet principal, former artistic director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, founder/director of L.A. Dance Project, and Mr. Natalie Portman—is going to direct and choreograph a big-screen film, Carmen. According to Variety, the new project is “a contemporary musical drama inspired by […]
Not many dance companies get to perform at a palace—let alone the glamorous Palace of Versailles outside Paris, the former home of Marie Antoinette and ballet enthusiast King Louis XIV. But L.A. Dance Project isn’t your average dance company. They like unique spaces, unexpected collaborations and performances with a twist. Last spring, LADP danced at […]
OK you guys, I’m officially obsessed. This #empty trend on Instagram is absolutely captivating and when top ‘grammers turn their lenses toward the world’s most beautiful buildings—well, I die. POB dancers in rehearsal (photo by @hannahrw) It feels like it was just yesterday that I was freaking out over #emptyROH. Now, thank the interwebz for […]
Whoa, you guys: Benjamin Millepied does not mess around. Ever since it was announced, back in 2013, that he’d become director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, Millepied has been talking about pushing the historic company forward. But today he revealed POB’s upcoming season—the first he’s been able to plan himself—and it became clear that all […]
If your soul needs soothing today, look no further: Benjamin Millepied‘s cutting-edge L.A. Dance Project just put out a new film reel, and it is so, so beautiful. The dreamy compilation features LADP performing snippets of choreography in striking sites all over Los Angeles. (The clips are taken from the company’s collection of short dance […]
WHOA. Big news from Paris, guys. Yesterday afternoon, rumors started swirling that Paris Opéra Ballet dance director Benjamin Millepied—the former New York City Ballet principal also known as L.A. Dance Project‘s director and Mr. Natalie Portman—was leaving his post at POB. Which was a shock to most people, given that Millepied had a) only held […]