Tag: quarantine dance

Please Enjoy the Quarantine Genius of “Swan Lake Bath Ballet”

That old saying about limitations breeding creativity—hat tip to Orson Welles—has never felt more relevant than in these lockdown days. Here’s the latest brilliant dance project born (hatched?) of quarantine restrictions: “Swan Lake Bath Ballet,” a contemporary take on the classic featuring 27 A-list ballet dancers performing from their own bathtubs. The BBC commissioned the […]

Watch Three Dancers Grapple with Quarantine Isolation Through Movement

Dancing alone at home during quarantine can make you feel trapped, in multiple senses. You’re probably in a small space, unable to use your full range of movement; you might also feel creatively stymied, unable to draw inspiration from the more varied experiences of non-quarantine life. This video from Cubique, a collective that creates art […]

Is the #EsmeraldaChallenge Quarantine's Next Big Thing?

By this point in the coronavirus pandemic shutdown, people are completely burned out on dancing at home. So it’s no surprise that last week, all-around dance superstar Alex Wong posted a video on Instagram performing the famous La Esmeralda variation…but in his living room. And with a frying pan instead of a tambourine. Login • […]