Let’s take a minute to talk about Gene Schiavone’s gorgeous photography, shall we? We want this guy’s life: He travels the world shooting talented dancers in both performance and studio settings. He’s especially good at capturing the essence of our favorite ballerinas. (In fact, he shot Keenan Kampa for her 2012 Dance Spirit cover!) Schiavone […]
With some of my favorite people after seeing one of my favorite shows! (On opening night, they make it “snow” outside Radio City Music Hall. How’s that for magical?) I’m the one in the red coat, flanked by my friends Lauren and Scott on the left, and my boyfriend, Brian (hiding his broken arm in […]
The Degas sculpture that inspired it all. If you’re an eagle-eyed reader of DS (and why wouldn’t you be?), you probably noticed an interesting little aside in our April “You Should Know” story about 14-year-old prima-in-the-making Madeleine Gardella. The pint-sized ballerina, we learned, recently participated in the workshop for a new musical, Little Dancer, directed […]