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Edward Villella Returns to "Shall We Dance on Ice"

Edward Villella, a former dancer with New York City Ballet and one of the most celebrated American danseurs (not to mention the former artistic director of Miami City Ballet), is returning as co-artistic director of “Shall We Dance on Ice”—a show that features both ballroom and ice dancing. Villella has been choreographing for ice dancing, […]

Edward Villella's New Ballet—on Ice

Edward Villella is basically a ballet saint. For years an incredibly charismatic principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, he went on to become the founding director of Miami City Ballet. Villella photographed by Philippe Halsman in 1961 Now Villella is back in his native NYC, and his latest project involves…ice dancers. Not where […]

Legends of the Fall

We all have nightmare stories about falling onstage. Mine happened when I was 16, dancing my first real soloist role in my first real tutu ballet. I was supposed to enter with a big, beautiful grand jeté. But on opening night, something went wrong. My back foot slipped as I attempted to push off for […]