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2d ago
In October 2023, Mackenzie Brown was preparing to make her debut as Juliet in John Cranko’s Romeo and Juliet at Stuttgart Ballet. A soloist at the time, it was one of her first major principal roles. “It’s such an important ballet for this company,” says the American-born Brown. But a last-minute partner switch due to […]
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2d ago
If you’ve ever wished it were appropriate to eat popcorn at the ballet, you’re in luck. This month, you’ll have the chance to experience a full-length ballet at your local cinema. Paris Opéra Ballet’s production of Swan Lake will be shown in IMAX theaters from November 8–10, 2024. This production is the first ballet filmed […]
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3d ago
Every fall, the 24-hour World Ballet Day livestream showcases ballet companies around the globe. Hosted by The Australian Ballet, The Royal Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet (and, until 2022, the Bolshoi Ballet), the event broadcasts company classes and rehearsals, interviews, and performances. This year, however, WBD is taking a break. “After 10 fantastic years of […]
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3d ago
Ballet and horror have been having a moment. Between recent films featuring dangerous ballerinas and a spike in Halloween-themed works, hair-raising ballet is all the rage. But as a dancer, what does it feel like to embody the undead? When Eric Figueredo auditioned for Milwaukee Ballet’s second company in 2019, he saw company artists rehearsing […]
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5d ago
After a brutal winter storm forced Louisville Ballet to cancel multiple sold-out Nutcracker performances in 2022, company leadership appealed to the community for financial support. Unexpectedly, famed rapper and Louisville hometown hero Jack Harlow caught wind and stepped in with a $50,000 donation through his Kentucky-based nonprofit, The Jack Harlow Foundation. The gift sparked conversations […]
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6d ago
One of the most challenging, but fascinating, jobs artistic directors undertake is planning their company’s repertoire each year. Programming is a task that requires insight, forethought, and creativity. Here, four artistic directors share how they approach designing a season. The Audience While there’s no single recipe for programming rep, artistic directors usually start by considering […]
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1w ago
When COVID-19 lockdowns closed in-person studios in 2020, “pivot” quickly became the hot word of the day. “People started online training as an act of desperation because we couldn’t be in class,” says Caitlin Trainor, founder of Dancio, one of the few virtual platforms that existed before the pandemic hit. Whether dancers loved them or […]
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1w ago
In 2021, Thomas Forster, principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, came out with his first children’s book, My Daddy Can Fly! At the story’s conclusion, he added acknowledgments to his family, sharing a photo of himself as a boy with his younger sister Louise at the beach. Louise has Down syndrome and is a dancer […]
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1w ago
Dutch National Ballet principal dancer Jacopo Tissi’s career has taken him across Europe, from his home in Italy to the Bolshoi in Russia, and now to the Netherlands. Everywhere he goes, he tries to pick up souvenirs to remind him of his travels. “I like when I see these items around the house. I’m like, […]
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2w ago
Philip Neal was an 11-year-old student at Richmond Ballet School when a choreographer asked him to perform 16 brisés volés across the stage. “I hadn’t even learned how to do brisé, but I just tried it,” he says, laughing. Neal later became a principal dancer with New York City Ballet and is currently the artistic […]
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