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The Season of Stravinsky
I can remember the first time I heard a piece of music by Igor Stravinsky. I was eight years old and had asked my grandfather if he could send me a tape of “ballet music.” It was at the height of my...
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Welcome Home, Mr. Villella!
Welcome home, Mr. Villella! This was the sentiment last Tuesday night in a sold out Words on Dance event curated by the Paley Center for Media. After 26 years in Miami, founding and running the Miami...
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Los Angeles Ballet’s Balanchine Gold
LAB in Concerto BaroccoPhoto Credit: Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles Ballet is now in it’s 7th season, but even their most hardened dancers are only in their 4th. The company began...
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Dd Response: Los Angeles Ballet’s Balanchine Red
The curtain fell on Los Angeles Ballet’s 7th season amidst the bright syncopations of Igor Stravinsky’s Capriccio for Piano, and with it, the patrons surrounding me rose to their feet – giving a...
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Keeping Calm and Tendu-ing On: Interview with Miami City Ballet’s Rebecca King
Speaking with dance colleagues is always a delight. Miami City Ballet dancer Rebecca King, inhabitant of the world of ballet and the land of palm trees, is certainly no exception. She took the time to...
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Dd Video Countdown for National Dance Day: 14 of 20/20
A great video from PBS diving into the social dance that inspired Balanchine; followed up by a video interview by Rebecca King, exploring the challenges of getting through that demanding work…Sunday =...
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Throwback Thursday: Damian Woetzel & Wendy Whelan
Everyone loves Throwback Thursdays. #tbt gives you an excuse to share that embarrassing photo of your big sister from Halloween 15 years ago — back when she had awful teeth and those ubiquitous large,...
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Throwback Thursday: Peter Boal Circa 1983
In the spirit of Throwback Thursday, let’s take a gander at a familiar dance face, circa 1983. Peter Boal, yet another extraordinary performer of the men-in-tights ilk, danced first for New York City...
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Throwback Thursday: Jacques d’Amboise
Today’s look at spectacular past performances in the dance world brings us a superhuman, flying, floating Jacques d’Amboise. You’re now familiar with Mr. d’Amboise as the founding director of the...
View ArticleDd Response: New York City Ballet featured on 60 Minutes
New York City Ballet forges the art form’s future? On Sunday, November 25th, 60 Minutes ran a piece on New York City Ballet in order, as it originally appeared to me, to promote the Nutcracker. I have...
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