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 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…
Tsiskaridze's grand jete exploits his natural physical assets with powerful, long legs, and an unusually supple spine and hip flexors for a male dancer. His muscular push into the floor with an a high upward grand battement to the front launches him into a projectile arc. He coordinates this masculine athleticism with an eloquence in his port de…
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
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