To aid dancers in their development
In 1964, George Balanchine extended Mendelssohn's suite A Midsummer Night's Dream with additional Mendelssohn compositions to create his evening-length ballet based on Shakespeare's play. The first act is a plot-driven dance narration of the major themes of the play. The second act's nuptial scene becomes the setting for a love-themed divertissement in the language of…
The Children of Theatre Street profiles three students studying at the Vaganova Choreographic Institute in Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in 1977. This film inspired me as a student, and it still fascinates me today. Grace Kelly narrates. George Balanchine was a product of this school (then called the Imperial Ballet School), and he eventually founded the…
The Degas exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay explores the artist's work and inspiration from the Paris Opera.
"Ballets Russes" is a magnificent documentary exploring not only the story of the Ballets Russes and its artists, but also a human story of aging and loss. The dancers, in their 70's and 80's, recollect this extraordinary period of artistic revolution in ballet through interviews and period footage. With charismatic personalities and humor intact, they…
The legendary troupe of firebrands and charismatic dancing
Eyes cast downwards, as if dancing on the rim of an erupting volcano, Carmen Amaya embodies – in defiance – confidence.
Nacho Duato's work roots deeply into Western historical precedent, and yet is entirely of our time. His dance vocabulary and line, unquestionably contemporary, nevertheless draw directly from classical ballet. Born in Spain, trained in England, mentored by Jiri Kylian in the Netherlands, Nacho Duato creates work reflecting today's globalization in ballet, while maintaining a distinctive…
A must see: pas de deux from Neumeier’s La Dame aux Camilias with Anna Tsygankova, Dutch National Ballet 2018
Uliana Lopatkina incarnates The Dying Swan
Valery Gergiev conducts Stravinsky's The Firebird with vibrant color