Earlier this week, Guinness World Records announced that Joffrey Ballet star Fabrice Calmels is the tallest ballet dancer in the world. Calmels measures a whopping six feet, six inches. I’m just 5′ 2.5″ myself (and yes, the .5″ is important), which makes his height seem even more astounding. I mean, can you imagine partnering with […]
Oh my gosh, ladies. Wedding dresses. Pointe shoes. WEDDING DRESSES AND POINTE SHOES. I think I just lost my mind. This summer was huge for NYC dancer brides. You already know about Tiler Peck’s wedding to fellow New York City Ballet principal Robbie Fairchild. But they weren’t the only happy couple. NYCB soloist Ashley Laracey […]
Wouldn’t it be great if our favorite dancers could just continue dancing forever? I mean, retirement, shmetirement—we can’t bear to see the good ones go! We’re still reeling from New York City Ballet’s announcement about Wendy Whelan a few months ago, and on Thursday, Pacific Northwest Ballet dropped this doozy: Beloved principal Carla Körbes will […]
Today, members of the Royal Ballet are performing an amazing mixed program during Deloitte Ignite, which is a month-long contemporary arts festival at the Royal Opera House in Lo—wait, what? You’re saying you can’t make it to England on such short notice? Well, do I have news for you. Today’s Royal Ballet performance will be […]
Maggie Kudirka (photo © Lucas Chilczuk) Every so often, a dancer comes along who not only impresses us with her power on the dance floor, but also with her endurance and strength when she’s off it. Maggie Kudirka is one of those dancers. In June, after graduating with a BFA in dance from Towson University […]
Jasmine Perry with Alec and Victor of “Strictly Ballet” Photo Will Davidson/Teen Vogue You already know just how much we love it when the fashion world enters ours (excluding the recent Free People, um, snafu). So it’s no surprise that we’re ecstatic about Teen Vogue’s newest venture: a web series (premiering today!) following six students […]
A screen shot of Christopher Wahl’s The Heather Project Best thing the Easter Bunny brought us this year? A video project starring gorgeous National Ballet of Canada principal Heather Ogden. It’s a super-cool portrait created by photographer Christopher Wahl, who describes it this way: “An extension of my still portrait work, The Heather Project is […]
NYC is bursting with promising ballet dancers this week, thanks to the Youth America Grand Prix finals held at Lincoln Center’s Koch Theater. To all the competitors (at YAGP and beyond), we’re shouting a big “Merde!!” your way. We can’t wait to see what amazing things these kids will do next. Don’t believe us? Just […]