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NYCB – Spools of Faile 5/24

Faile is back for another try. The second installation of NYCB's Art Series, which again features the work of the Brooklyn art collective, is on display on the promenade level of the theater. You'll recall that the first offering wa...

Onegin at ABT

"Onegin" American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House New York, NY May 15, 2013 By Carol Pardo Copyright ©2013 by Carol Pardo John Cranko’s "Onegin" stands or falls on the performances of its Onegin and Tatiana, and at this performance, the task, and the chance for glory, was handed to David Hallberg and Hee Seo. Show More Summary

Olfactory Choreography | English National Ballet & Pengaligon’s

10 Healthy Snacks for the Busy Dancer

A dancer can't get much busier than during Spring performance time. Health and nutrition coach, Kathi Martuza shares a few of her favorite healthy and portable snacks. Easy to prep and delicious too! Author information Guest Contributors...Show More Summary

The Royal Ballet’s Mayerling: A Photo Gallery

Alice Pennefather’s latest rehearsal gallery covers the Royal Ballet’s revival of MacMillan’s Mayerling. The production returns next week with the first outing – this run – of Carlos Acosta & Leanne Benjamin, with the last performances marking the retirement of two MacMillan greats: Mara Galeazzi (13 June, relayed on BP Big screens) and Leanne herself (15 [...]

A Family Affair

"Homme/Animal" Vendetta Mathea & Company Dance New Amsterdam New York, NY May 14, 2013 By Martha Sherman Copyright © 2013 by Martha Sherman Whether in choreography or therapy, exploring big themes for years doesn't always leads to startling insight. Show More Summary

After The Rain: A Dancer’s Perspective

The pas de deux from Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain© is famous for wringing the heart. Rose Mulready asked three dancers for their memories of performing it. STEVEN HEATHCOTE, FORMER PRINCIPAL ARTIST You danced this pas de deux as your … Continue reading ?

Cupcakes & Conversation with Brooke Widdison-Jacobs, Artist, West Australian Ballet

Anatomy of a piano

  Ballet and the piano are beautifully, inseparably linked. In professional companies, morning class is accompanied by a pianist, who usually also plays for rehearsals, and the ripple of piano music is the dominant sound of any ballet HQ. We … Continue reading ?

More reasons to love Irina and Max

Thanks to Haglund'eeler "B" for dropping this video on our doorstep. It's an interview with Irina Dvorovenko and Max Beloserkovsky from last fall that hasn't been seen by many people. When the interviewer, Jolinda Menendez (former ABT soloist), asked at...

New York City Ballet’s American Music Festival

The past year has been a festival-heavy one for New York City Ballet, and while the fall and winter seasons showcased works with scores by Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky, the first three weeks of New York City Ballet’s spring season celebrated … Continue reading ?

Chelsea Flower Show 2013

ABT 5/18Irina Dvorovenko bows out in style

Irina Dvorovenko certainly left us with a memorable performance of Tatiana in tonight's Onegin. It's hard to think of a performance of Onegin that has been more enjoyable. In fact, the whole cast tonight – the same as the Wednesday....

ABT – Onegin – 5/15 mat & 5/17

Onegin is about living with the decisions that you've made regardless of their consequences. Pushkin's famous poem, Eugene Onegin, on which this ballet is based, delves into the noble feelings of honor and pride, the difficult sorrow that sometimes comes...

Join us for Houston Ballet’s Dance Talk on Tuesday, May 21

On Tuesday, Tuesday, May 21 from 8:00 – 9:00 pm, join Houston Ballet for a free Dance Talk featuring former New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Bart Cook discussing Jerome Robbins’s comic masterpiece The Concert, and Roslyn Anderson about her work staging Ji?í Kylián’s signature work, Sinfonietta. Both The Concert and Sinfonietta will be featured on […]

LIVE Cinema PresentationJune 6 Mariinsky's Swan Lake in 2D & RealD 3D

Find your theaters and buy tickets HERE. Conductor: Valery Gergiev Cast: Odette-Odile: Yekaterina Kondaurova Siegfried: Timur Askerov von Rothbart: Andrei Yermakov The Prince’s Friends: Maria Shirinkina, Nadezhda Batoeva, Xander Parish The Jester: Vasily Tkachenko NYC theaters @ 6:30pm: Empire 25...

BALLET STAR TAMARA ROJO LAUNCHES GLOBAL ‘BIG DANCE’ IN LONDON

Metropolitan Ballet Company Announces Auditions for Boys’ Scholarship Dance Program, Led by Alexander Iziliaev, Former Principal Dancer with Pennsylvania Ballet

Ballet Austin Academy Placement Auditions for 2013/14 School Year

HOUSTON BALLET’S JOURNEY WITH THE MASTERS SHOWCASES THREE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY’S GREATEST CHOREOGRAPHERS