Tag: marcelo gomes

Jennifer Garner Is as Obsessed with Ballet as We Are, and It Is Adorable

We always love a good #tututuesday post. But when that post comes from an A-list Hollywood celebrity—and features some of our all-time favorite ballet dancers? That is next-level stuff. Meet ballet fangirl Jennifer Garner. Yes, we’ve had a soft spot for Garner ever since she showed off her “Thriller” dance moves in 13 Going on […]

Watch ABT Dancers Squee Over Their New Lounge

What’s one of the most important differences between ballet dancers and “normal” athletes? Misty Copeland says it best: “We’re working like professional athletes are, and most of those athletes have state-of-the-art buildings and the environment they’re in is very high end. We don’t get the same funding and things like that as professional athletes and […]

Highlights of the Dance Magazine Awards

How do you sum up an evening that includes performances of stage-shaking passion; heartfelt speeches that make you laugh and then make you ugly cry; and an inescapable sense of beautiful, joyful, warm-and-fuzzy #dancerlove? You can do it the way legendary Merce Cunnigham dancer Valda Setterfield did it last night: By declaring that there’s nothing […]

SO MUCH CUTE: Meet the #DogsofABT

There’s something verrrrry special about the dancer-dog connection. I mean, yes: Every person with a beating heart loves puppies. (Every person worth knowing, anyway. If you’re a dog hater, BYE.) But dancers seem to have next-level bonds with their four-legged friends. They let them take over their dressing rooms. They deck them out in tutus. […]

Marcelo Gomes Brings the #Feels in New Music Video

It’s no secret that American Ballet Theatre principal Marcelo Gomes is pretty much the poster boy for dancer #ManCandy. And if you need any more evidence, look no further than Lindi Ortega’s music video for her latest track, “Ashes.” Gomes plays one half of this love-torn couple, and Ortega’s lyrics (“Why don’t you come back to […]

Highlights from the Dance Magazine Awards

Last night, basically the entire dance world got gussied up and headed to NYC’s Ailey Citigroup Theater for the 60th (!) Dance Magazine Awards. How did the DMAs celebrate the big 6-0? By honoring no fewer than SIX incredible artists: Brenda Bufalino, Tony Waag, Larissa Saveliev, Wayne McGregor, Luigi and Misty Copeland. Here are the top […]