Before professional sports figures, movie stars and rock bands captivated the public’s attention, the great ballerinas of the mid-19th century were among the first “stars” to achieve celebrity.
I had the chance to speak with Chase O’Connell, one of the dancers portraying Theseus/King Oberon in Midsummer Night's Dream's run. He gave me some insight about his journey as a dancer, how it is to ...
A trip to the Emerald City is the perfect end for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre’s season, and they’re doing it in style. The Pittsburgh premiere of Septime Webre’s “The Wizard of Oz” is an epic, ...
I had the chance to speak with Mackenzie Richter, one of the ballerinas portraying Odette/Odile in Houston Ballet's 2023 Swan Lake run. They gave me some insight into their experience of performing ...
The entire audience gasped when the curtain rose on Pacific Northwest Ballet’s production of George Balanchine’s Jewels, which is often lauded as the world’s first plotless full-length ballet, a ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Ballets are typically performed to the enchanting and distinctive melodies of classical music, not the emphatic beats and supersonic volume of heavy metal. But it's the ...
Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black in ‘My Sister, The Serial Killer’, choreographed by Cassa Pancho. Dancers: (L-R) Megan Chiu, Taraja Hudson, Elijah Peterkin, Helga Paris-Morales, Mikayla Isaacs, Love ...
'Tis the day after Christmas, and all through most houses, folks are disposing of wrapping paper, cardboard and Christmas dinner leftovers. But the 36 dancers of the Moscow Ballet "Green" company, on ...