Tag: david hallberg

David Hallberg Is Returning to the Stage, The World Makes Sense Again

Hallberg back in 2012 (Matthew Karas for Dance Magazine) How much have we missed American Ballet Theatre and Bolshoi Ballet star David Hallberg? SOOOOOOOO MUCH. The gorgeous dancer suffered a serious ankle injury back in 2014, which was the beginning of a dark period in many devoted Hallbergians’ lives. But we really started to worry […]

David Hallberg's Directorial Role

Bad news first: David Hallberg had to cancel his spring season performances with American Ballet Theatre. He had surgery on his foot a few months ago, and apparently jumped back into things a little too quickly—so he’s taking the time to make sure his injury heals properly. This is a total bummer for all of […]

Ballet in Cinema

Ballet superstar David Hallberg has put on yet another hat: National Spokesperson for Ballet in Cinema, which brings some of the best ballet companies in the world to the big screen and main-stream audiences. (It seems like he’s everywhere I turn these days—and I’m not complaining!) As part of his involvement in Ballet in Cinema, […]

David Hallberg, Fashion Muse

American Ballet Theatre and Bolshoi Ballet principal David Hallberg has been a pretty major ballet star for a pretty long time now. But he’s also becoming a bona fide star of the fashion world. Not that that’s a surprise, really: Hallberg is a beautiful guy, in addition to being a beautiful dancer, and seems to […]

ABT's Gala Sounds Amazing

So, remember when New York City Ballet honored designer Valentino at a big gala that was attended by a gazillion movie stars, and it was awesome? Well, American Ballet Theatre just announced the details of its Metropolitan Opera House gala this May, and it sounds like it’s going to be equally glittery. Yay! Providing the […]

Up Close and Personal with NYCB's Sara Mearns

Sara Mearns is back! The gorgeous New York City Ballet principal has been out for eight months—eight months—with a back injury. But a couple of weeks ago she was finally able to return to the stage, and we were finally able to recover from our SMearns withdrawal. The news gets even better: Sara has decided […]

Natalia Makarova, Kennedy Center Honoree

Tonight CBS broadcasts the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors—and one of the honorees is a true ballet legend. There are many incredible ballerinas dancing today, but nobody can ever quite measure up to Natalia Makarova. She first rose to fame at the Kirov Ballet in the 1960s, but after she defected from the USSR in 1970, […]

Five Great Stories from David Hallberg

Are you guys familiar with Studio 5 at City Center? It’s an excellent series of performances/talks held in one of New York City Center’s rehearsal studios. Each event gives you an up-close-and-personal peek at a fantastic artist. And since the project is helmed by former NYCB principal Damian Woetzel, the dancers they bring in tend […]