New York Times: For New York City Ballet, Another Digital Season
By Peter Libbey 10 September 2020 New York City Ballet will not be returning to the David H. Koch Theater this fall, but the company’s coming digital season will culminate […]
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Pointe Magazine: American Ballet Theatre Promotes 6 Dancers to Principal, 1 to Soloist
By Amy Brandt 10 September 2020 This spring was supposed to be one of highly anticipated debuts at American Ballet Theatre, a chance for many soloists to test their mettle […]
Broadway World: AMERICAN MASTERS Announces New Documentary on Twyla Tharp
Stick Figure Entertainment, in association with AMERICAN MASTERS Pictures, is proud to announce Twyla Moves (w.t.), a feature documentary on legendary dancer, director and choreographer Twyla Tharp.
Broadway World: Virtual Pathways Dance Festival 2020 to Feature Works by Helen Pickett, Yu Dance Theatre, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, and More
Virtual Pathways Dance Festival 2020 (VPDF) is a virtual dance festival featuring cutting-edge archived dances, including works by Doug Varone & Dancers, Helen Pickett, Yu Dance Theatre, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet. VPDF 2020 is produced by Alyssandra Katherine Dance (AKD), Co-Presented by ODC Theater online.
Pointe: For Queer Women in Ballet, There’s a Profound Gap in Representation. These Dancers Hope to Change That.
In her teens, Lauren Flower realized she was different. Originally from Fresno, California, Flowers moved to Arizona and trained with Tucson Regional Ballet and the school at Ballet Arts Tucson before accepting a scholarship with Houston Ballet II. It was in Houston that Flower started to think she might be gay, but didn’t feel she had anyone to talk to about it.
The Guardian: Side hustle essential: how Covid brought dancers to their knees
By Lyndsey Winship 7 September 2020 When lockdown hit in March, it didn’t stop dancers dancing. The flood of online classes, short films and Instagram clips are testimony to that. […]
New York Times: Dance Companies Take Baby Steps Back to Rehearsal
By Alex Marshall 28 May 2020 Eight dancers from the Ballet du Rhin were partway through a class at their studio in Mulhouse, eastern France, recently, when the company’s artistic director decided […]
Wall Street Journal: Remote Schools’ Hidden Cost: Parents Quit Work to Teach, Prompting New Recession Woes
By Gwynn Guilford 7 September 2020 Clara Vazquez’s 7-year-old son, Kevin, asks her a troubling question before he goes to sleep each night. “‘Mom, who’s going to take care of […]
New York Times: Nina Popova, Dancer Who Fled Bolsheviks and Nazis, Dies at 97
By John Leland 21 August 2020 This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. Read about others here. Nina Popova was a celebrated […]
New York Times: Russian Ballet Returned to the Stage. Then a Covid Outbreak Hit.
By Alex Marshall 19 August 2020 For the past three weeks, the Mariinsky Ballet, one of Russia’s most renowned companies, led the dance world in showing how ballet could return […]
