Dance Magazine has announced who’s included in this year’s “25 to Watch!” This annual feature showcases dancers, choreographers, directors, and companies on the brink of skyrocketing. Get to know this year’s trailblazers and breakout stars who are forging their paths in the dance world here. Header collage photo credits, left to right, top to bottom: Ryoko […]
Just imagine: You’re settling in for a long international flight, when suddenly Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake starts playing on the intercom—and a group of feather-clad ballerinas bourrée down the aisle. That’s exactly what happened last week to Air France customers on a Paris-bound flight from Shanghai, when 10 members of the Paris Opéra Ballet gave a […]
Happy World Theatre (or Theater) Day, everybody! Did you know that this fantastic little holiday has been celebrated every March 27th for the past 56 (!) years? In honor of WTD 2018, we thought we’d highlight eye-opening behind-the-scenes glimpses at three of the dance world’s most beautiful theaters: NYC’s Metropolitan Opera House, Paris’ Palais Garnier, […]
Whoa, you guys: Benjamin Millepied does not mess around. Ever since it was announced, back in 2013, that he’d become director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, Millepied has been talking about pushing the historic company forward. But today he revealed POB’s upcoming season—the first he’s been able to plan himself—and it became clear that all […]
How do you spell glamour? P-O-B. That’s the Paris Opéra Ballet, of course—the endlessly glam home of some of the world’s best dancers. I’m sure you’ve already drooled over the new POB website and its accompanying 3e Scene, a platform where performance meets digital art. You may have also noticed that the étoiles have new, beautifully […]
OK you guys, I’m officially obsessed. This #empty trend on Instagram is absolutely captivating and when top ‘grammers turn their lenses toward the world’s most beautiful buildings—well, I die. POB dancers in rehearsal (photo by @hannahrw) It feels like it was just yesterday that I was freaking out over #emptyROH. Now, thank the interwebz for […]
WHOA. Big news from Paris, guys. Yesterday afternoon, rumors started swirling that Paris Opéra Ballet dance director Benjamin Millepied—the former New York City Ballet principal also known as L.A. Dance Project‘s director and Mr. Natalie Portman—was leaving his post at POB. Which was a shock to most people, given that Millepied had a) only held […]
Backdrops for classical ballets can be stunningly beautiful—they’re basically museum-quality paintings, done on a (very) large scale. But how are they made? And by whom? And how the HECK does a ginormous drop get from the artists’ studio to the stage? Today, the Paris Opéra Ballet answered those questions in brilliant video fashion. “Giselle: The […]