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#ifihadglass

February 25, 2013

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#ifIhadglass Ballet To The People (http://ballettothepeople.com/manifesto/) would invite all Bay Area dance companies to collaborate on a dance film called Glass Dances, celebrating the oddity, charm and inventiveness of San Francisco, with one- to two-minute segmen [..]

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American ‘Don Quixote’ Arrives on Catalan Shores

October 26, 2012

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(This is an update of an article that appeared earlier today in the Huffington Post and includes a report on Friday night's performance.) When Ballet To The People heard that American Ballet Theatre was bringing Don Quixote to Spain for its first-ever appearance in Barcelona, her first instinct was to fire off a cranky Twitter message to the Spanish presenters. S [..]

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Proudly Waving the Philippine Flag

June 16, 2012

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Ballet to the People caught up with Ballet Philippines dancers Candice Adea and Jean Marc Cordero on their way home to Manila after their triumph at the Helsinki International Ballet Competition. Adea won 1st prize in the Senior Women's Division, while Cordero won the Jury Prize for Best Partnering Technique. Watch their sensational partnering in this video clip from the 2010 Jackson, M [..]

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Trust, or How I Met My Husband

January 30, 2012

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After watching a video clip that I had posted earlier of the elegant Aurélie Dupont and Manuel Legris, a dance student – who admits to a fear of partnering work – wrote to ask if I w [..]

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Thank You, World!

January 6, 2012

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A heartfelt thanks to my dedicated students at City Dance and Metronome and to my readers in Amherst, Austin, Baltimore, Beijing, Boston, Bujumbura, Buenos Aires, Capetown, Cebu, Chicago, Chifeng, Dallas, Dobbs Ferry, Dubrovnik, Edinburgh, Halifax, Hong Kong, Houston, Jakarta, Lewiston, Lima, London, Los Angeles, Macau, Madison, Manila, New Haven, New York, Oberlin, Owings Mill, Palo Alto, San Ant [..]

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The Never-Ending Scandal of the Tutu

December 27, 2011

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Cleaning out her closet, Ballet to the People unearthed these exquisite vintage tutus from the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. Their tags reveal that they were made by Grace Costumes and Barbara Matera, leading costumers for ballet, theatre, opera and film for over five decades, for renowned ballerinas including Cynthia Gregory and Cheryl Yeager. Handmade, these tutus boast construction and embro [..]

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