There’s so much history in the ballet world! Some of the dances that are being performed today date back to a century ago, and you wouldn’t know it if you didn’t study it. It’s important to know the origin of the companies and choreography we’ve come to know and love. The following are nine legendary […]
Margot Fonteyn in Swan Lake (Dance Magazine Archives) On this day in 1919, a tiny Margaret Hookham was born in Reigate, England. Today, however, we know her as Dame Margot Fonteyn. Or Royal Ballet Prima Ballerina Assoluta Margot Fonteyn. Or simply one of the most timeless, most elegant, most famous ballerinas of the 20th Century. […]
Hey there, lucky San Francisco dance fans: There’s a pretty amazing exhibition happening at the de Young Museum right now, “Rudolf Nureyev: A Life in Dance.” If features a display of 80 costumes that the dance legend and his co-stars wore—which is especially fitting because Nureyev was famously involved in creating the costumes for his […]
Most people celebrate Valentine’s Day with candy hearts and teddy bears and red roses. But much as I’m a total sap for all of that stuff, my favorite VDay tradition is watching this clip of Alessandra Ferri and Julio Bocca in the balcony pas de deux from Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet. (It’s from the […]