May | 2012 | Ballet To The People

Kaptsova captivates Washington

May 31, 2012

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Sarah Kaufman calls her "ballet's Wonder Woman": the gutsy Swanilda, as danced by the Bolshoi's radiant Nina Kaptsova, who isn't above breaking and entering to win back her fiancé. Catch Kaptsova and the rest of the Russian invasion in the Bolshoi's sparkling new 'Coppelia' at the Kennedy Center through Sunday afternoon. If your loyalties keep you in Maryland, cheering on the underdog U.S. Men [..]

This week: Mazurka, and The Rolling Stones

May 18, 2012

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Join us at City Dance tonight, Friday & Sunday. We're dancing to Coppélia, and this. (And bring your pointe shoes for optional 10-minute pointework after class on Tuesday & Friday.)

Alonzo King LINES Ballet continues to baffle New York

May 11, 2012

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Alastair Macaulay of the New York Times takes 700 words to drool over the physical beauty of King's dancers but concludes that there is little more than "ambiance" to this body of work. King has had great impact on the training and development of West Coast dancers far beyond his own small company, and his genius is evident when he speaks about the creative impulse. But his dances often make only [..]

Missed Les Trocks in Bangkok? Catch them in Hong Kong…

May 10, 2012

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Not just hysterically funny, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo are highly accomplished dancers in brilliantly witty rep. If you missed them in Bangkok this week, catch them in Hong Kong from May 15-20 at the Academy for the Performing Arts.

'Jewels', glittering brightly at the Bolshoi

May 5, 2012

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This weekend, Moscow is THE hot place to be for ballet as the Bolshoi revels in the glory of George Balanchine's 'Jewels'. Watch the Bolshoi in rehearsal led by the incomparable Merrill Ashley. At its 1967 première by New York City Ballet, Clive Barnes wrote: "It is open to doubt whether even George Balanchine has ever created a work in which the inspiration was so sustained, the invention so i [..]

Smuin Ballet knocks it out of the ballpark

May 4, 2012

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My review of Wednesday's performance in The Huffington Post Enjoy.

An important new survey for dancers… please participate!

May 2, 2012

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A student at Stanford College's Pre-Collegiate Program, who is currently studying ballet in New York City with Gelsey Kirkland, has designed a survey of eating disorders among dancers for her Biology and Statistics course, the results of which she hopes to share outside the classroom once it is complete. Will all you dancers out there please take a few minutes to participate? The criterion for pa [..]

The gloves are off! Join our debate on The Huffington Post

May 1, 2012

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Ballet to the People was asked to kick off the debate on the 'Yes' side of the question: "Is Federal money the best way to fund the arts?" Check out her argument, and that of her opponent, and vote for the side you agree with: Huffington Post debate on Federal funding for the arts