Season 2 of “city.ballet.”—the AOL On series that gives an insider’s look at New York City Ballet—is live now! We’re recapping one episode per week. Watch all 12 at dancemagazine.com. The ballet world is ruled by the young. Young bodies are just better suited to its crazy demands, which means that it’s not uncommon for a […]
Season 2 of “city.ballet.”—the AOL On series that gives an insider’s look at New York City Ballet—is live now! We’re recapping one episode per week. Watch all 12 at dancemagazine.com. Ah, dancer love. It seems so much more intense than regular old civilian love, amirite? Dancing together is such an inherently romantic, and inherently intimate, thing. Episode 9 of “city.ballet.” follows Lauren […]
I used to be one of those crazy people who danced in 500 performances of The Nutcracker every year. Now I’m an even crazier person who goes to watch 500 performances of The Nutcracker every year. And as someone who’s seen all kinds of versions from all kinds of angles, I can tell you that few Nutcrackers compare […]
Season 2 of “city.ballet.”—the AOL On series that gives an insider’s look at New York City Ballet—is live now! We’re recapping one episode per week. Watch all 12 at dancemagazine.com. We love, love, love that this second season of “city.ballet.” is zooming in on some of New York City Ballet’s most fantastic, and most interesting, dancers. […]
American Ballet Theatre’s gorgeous Devon Teuscher is one of this year’s Clive Barnes Award nominees. (photo by Rosalie O’Connor) The Clive Barnes Award is kind of a big deal. For the past four years, the Clive Barnes Foundation has presented the $5,000 prize to one young dancer and one young theater actor each year, in memory […]
Season 2 of “city.ballet.”—the AOL On series that gives an insider’s look at New York City Ballet—is live now! We’re recapping one episode per week. Watch all 12 at dancemagazine.com. Let’s establish this right off the bat: Alexei Ratmansky is a genius. The prolific choreographer—it seems like he has a new work premiering every five minutes—has […]
Season 2 of “city.ballet.”—the AOL On series that gives an insider’s look at New York City Ballet—is live now! We’re recapping one episode per week. Watch all 12 at dancemagazine.com. I’ve always worshipped ballet masters. They’re the unsung heroes of ballet companies, the artists—nearly all former dancers—who spend countless hours making sure each and every […]
Dance is best seen live. Whether it’s in an intimate black box or on a huge proscenium, you can’t go wrong. But there’s something extra-special about seeing a performance in a space you wouldn’t normally associate with dance. It’s what makes site-specific work or dance made for the camera so cool. Sometimes, though, you don’t […]