Not Michaela’s book. (Photo of Michaela by Yaniv Schulman.) People just can’t stop telling ballerina Michaela DePrince’s incredible story. And now the world will get to hear it in her own words: Random House Children’s Books has acquired the 18-year-old dancer’s memoir. Michaela, who grew up an orphan in war-ravaged Sierra Leone before being adopted […]
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 […]
Oh, the power of stories. Much as I love abstract dance, few things move me the way a good story ballet does. And it seems like I’m in the majority: Story ballets are the bread-and-butter of nearly every ballet company’s repertory. If you want to see a packed house for a ballet performance, go see […]