When you hear names like Maria Kochetkova, Sutton Foster and Robbie Fairchild, you immediately picture flashes of them as the fully-formed, phenomenal performers they are today. But even when they were kids, they had a glimmer of their future star power, giving a glimpse of what was to come. Thankfully for Instagram, we’ve got the […]
It’s truly inspiring when the dance community comes together to support people in need. After the devastating earthquakes in Nepal this spring, for instance, Martha Graham Dance Company principal Lloyd Knight directed Dance for Nepal, a concert to benefit the Disaster Recovery Institute Foundation’s Nepal Relief Fund. Now, other dancers are doing their part to […]
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 […]
For most New Yorkers, the arrival of spring means long afternoons in Central Park, deciding to walk to the subway stop that’s a few blocks farther away, eating brunch alfresco. But for some lucky bunheads, spring means something else entirely: It’s ballet gala season! For a few glorious weeks in April and May, dance editors […]
How amazing is the treasure trove of dance videos available online? This morning, DS editor Michael Bailey stumbled upon a gem: Clips of superstar ballerina Svetlana Zakharova as a 16-year-old student at the Vaganova Academy (she begins on the left—and sorry, embedding has been disabled): It’s incredible! So […]