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 …
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 …
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 …
Here’s some inspiration: an excerpt from Matthew Bourne’s brilliant re-imagining of ‘Swan Lake’ with those fierce male swans. My favorite section starts at 3:25.…