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, […]
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, 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 […]
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 […]
So, this is incredibly cool: Have you heard about the Google Cultural Institute? It’s a virtual museum boasting millions of artifacts from artistic partners around the world. And we’re not talking your standard, here-is-a-really-old-painting-DON’T-TOUCH-IT artifacts: The Institute features interactive digital “objects” that encourage viewers to get up close and personal with art and artists. Why […]