So, this is incredibly cool: Have you heard about the Google Cultural Institute? It’s a virtual museum boasting millions of artifacts from artistic partners around the world. And we’re not talking your standard, here-is-a-really-old-painting-DON’T-TOUCH-IT artifacts: The Institute features interactive digital “objects” that encourage viewers to get up close and personal with art and artists. Why […]
Benjamin Millepied has that L.A. cool and that Parisian chic all wrapped into one multi-talented package. When he’s not busy being the artistic director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, he’s making work on the company he founded in 2012, L.A. Dance Project. LADP tours the U.S. and performs in L.A., but for those who can’t […]
Our eyes are always looking for human shapes in abstract forms. (Show us a grilled cheese sandwich, and we’ll find a Grilled Cheesus.) But where is the line between pure abstraction and just barely identifiable human shapes? That’s the question Universal Everything’s new exhibit for the Science Museum in London explores. UE founder Matt Pyke […]
ABT’s Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes in “Swan Lake,” part of the gala program. (photo Siggul/Visual Arts Masters) Nobody puts on a ballet gala quite like Youth America Grand Prix. Their must-see performances routinely feature bold-faced names from all over the world. Watching all those ballet superstars sharing a single stage is one of those […]
As you probably guessed immediately after hearing his amazing last name, Benjamin Millepied (seriously—could there be a better name for a dancer?) is a Frenchman, born in Bordeaux. But since he’s spent most of his career in the States, dancing at New York City Ballet and choreographing all over, it was a shock to the […]
Last night on “So You Think You Can Dance” the Top 10 performed with their All-Star partners for the first time. We were thrilled to see so many of our favorite “SYTYCD” alums back as All-Stars—they really do kick the show up a notch. Joining Nigel and Mary at the judges’ table was the one […]