American Ballet Theatre principal James Whiteside is known for more than just his uber-charismatic presence on the ballet stage: He doubles as both the drag queen Ühu Betch and the pop star JbDubs. Whiteside’s newest musical release, titled WTF, came out last week, and is for sure his most ballet-filled song to date. Both the […]
One Sergei Polunin is great but two, three, or four Polunins, that’s something we can really get behind. And now we don’t even have to go to an alternative universe to enjoy multiple Polunin clones. In Hozier’s latest music video, “Movement” the legendary ballet dancer’s drool-worthy technique is on full display as multiple versions of […]
The wait for Disney’s reimagining of The Nutcracker is over. Although The Nutcracker and The Four Realms is not a full-length ballet, woven into the plot is a five-minute performance by megastars Misty Copeland and Sergei Polunin alongside 18 supporting dancers, with a CGI Mouse King moved by jookin sensation Lil Buck (aka Charles Riley). […]
Well, we knew from the first we heard of it that Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms would be a far cry from the sugary-sweet holiday ballet we all love. And each trailer we’ve seen in the lead-up to the film’s November 2nd premiere has confirmed that we’re in for a very wild, very […]
Ukrainian ballet dancer Sergei Polunin doesn’t appear to have completely shed his bad-boy skin. A new video from Rankin Hunger Magazine, “Sergei x Rankin,” shows us what happens when Polunin is given total freedom to explore his tendency for raw, emotional movement. Paired with British photographer Rankin, the duo creates a captivating video that explores […]
When we first heard about Disney’s live-action film The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, we honestly weren’t sure what to expect. Would it bear any resemblance to the ballet story we know alllllllll too well? Would it be light and fun, or dark and dramatic? Most importantly, would it involve dancing? Well, the first trailer […]
It is, to put it verrrry mildly, a great time for dance-y movies. We already knew we had Ballerina and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms and La La Land and Sia’s Sister and the special screening of Newsies to look forward to. And now—kind of out of left field!—comes the announcement that a) there’s […]
There are few things ballet nerds love more than discovering that two of their favorite dancers are a real-life couple. (Gillian and Ethan! Tiler and Robbie! Johan and Alina!) Ballet relationships can seem like destiny. When acting out beautiful love stories together is part of the job description, it just feels right when that chemistry […]