English National Ballet is doing something a little bit curious: The company is performing two versions of Giselle in one season. The second one is the romantic-tutu version we know and love. But the first one, premiering at the end of the month, is a contemporary take by choreographer Akram Khan. In his imagination, Giselle […]
Friends, it’s finally here. English National Ballet’s “She Said” program, which premieres April 13, features internationally recognized choreographers Aszure Barton, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa and Yabin Wang. All three women have a record of remarkable work and the three of them together on one program promises great things. But I’m especially excited for Lopez Ochoa’s […]
Yes, we love dance for its glamour. We love the tutus and the tiaras, the sets, the pageantry. We love the stage versions of our favorite dancers, transformed by lights and makeup and the distance of the fourth wall. But we’re also all about the real people behind those stage personae—the sweaty, bruised, blistered, strong, […]
Are you just not feeling the holiday spirit this year? Is the Nutcracker inundation—you know, between actual Nut performances and the ceaseless stream of Tchaikovsky playing in every mall in the world—making you feeling a little, well, Grinchy? (THOSE DARN WHOS AND THEIR NOISE, NOISE, NOISE, NOISE.) Let English National Ballet help you with that. […]
English National Ballet first artist (and Cover Model Search finalist!) Madison Keesler has a new YouTube channel, and it’s everything we’ve come to expect from our favorite ballerinas/life coaches. (Obviously, Kathryn Morgan has set the bar pretty high.) A recent back injury gave Keesler the time she needed to learn the ins and outs of […]
Nowadays, when dancers go on tour, you can practically go with them. Thanks to social media blogs, you can follow your favorite company all around the world. The Great Wall of China (photo by Guilherme Duarte de Menezes, @guilhermedmenezes on Instagram) The English National Ballet just embarked on a tour of China—which is especially exciting […]
Last week, two male dancers on two different continents made Facebook fans do a serious double take. Warning: When you watch these dancers’ incredible feats of balance and strength, you may want to hold onto your jaw—it’s going to drop. If you’ve ever been on a Boso Balance Trainer (or any other balance board) in […]
Photo of Murphy by Ian Gavan/Getty Images You probably know Cillian Murphy as the villainous Scarecrow from Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, or as the hero of the insanely scary zombie movie 28 Days Later. But it turns out he’s dabbling in directing these days. In fact, he just finished up his first music video. And […]