Do you like ballet? Are you obsessed with the superhuman Russian ballerina Svetlana Zakharova? Do you live near a movie theater? If you answered “yes” to any (or all) those questions, and you’re free this Sunday afternoon, start getting pumped now. The Bolshoi Ballet will broadcast its January 25, 2015 performance to more than 500 […]
You may want to sit down for this: Misty Copeland will make her U.S. debut as Odette/Odile in the Washington Ballet’s Swan Lake this April. Alexandre Hammoudi and Misty Copeland in Swan Lake (photo by Darren Thomas) Though she made her debut-debut in the role during American Ballet Theatre’s Australian tour this past August, she’ll […]
If tutus could talk, they’d tell some pretty amazing stories. According to Jason Hadley, New York City Ballet’s costume shop manager, tutus often “live” for several decades, lending their transformative powers to multiple generations of ballerinas. Sometimes that history can even act as a good luck charm. What young dancer wouldn’t want to perform in […]
For the past few weeks, the dance world has been buzzing about Taylor Swift’s new music video “Shake It Off.” Your reviews are mostly positive, though somewhat mixed. Many of you told us you were thrilled to see a singer acknowledge the fact that she can’t dance. Others appreciated that she showcased a variety of […]
On August 21, Boston Ballet embarked on one of the most epic #throwback’s we’ve ever seen. The company reenacted a photograph from the 1970s, showing Boston Ballet dancers posing on the Boston Public Garden’s famous swan boats. The 1970s version. (Photo via Boston Ballet) The photo shoot was staged for publicity surrounding BB’s new Swan […]
(Poster via Joffrey Ballet) What are you doing between 12:30 pm and 4 pm (eastern standard time) tomorrow? If you’ve got plans, cancel them (unless, you know, they’re super important), because The Joffrey Ballet is live-streaming tomorrow’s Swan Lake rehearsal! Here are a couple of reasons why this streaming is extra-strength awesome: It’s the company’s […]
You already know Matthew Bourne: He’s the choreographer who awesomely remade Swan Lake with a flock of male swans. (You may not have seen his Swan Lake live, but you definitely saw it at the end of Billy Elliot. Grown-up Billy as the Swan! Ahhh so great.) Bourne is all about rethinking old-school ballets. Recently […]
In this episode, we get to see what really goes into dancing a full-length story ballet. And Swan Lake is no ordinary ballet, especially for the lucky dancers chosen to perform the coveted role of Odette/Odile. Even just watching these ballerinas rehearse is exhausting—but it’s also breathtaking. FUN FACT: New York City Ballet only did […]