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All posts tagged "classical ballet"
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5.2KFeature ArticlesNashville Ballet announces 2023-24 season with new artistic director
Ahead of the company’s final performance of the 2022-23 season, Nashville Ballet’s incoming Artistic Director, Nick Mullikin, has announced a blockbuster 2023-24...
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651Feature ArticlesAlexei Ratmansky to join New York City Ballet as Artist in Residence
New York City Ballet (NYCB) Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan have announced that Alexei Ratmansky, widely considered...
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585Top StoriesNew York City Ballet announces 2023 Winter Season
New York City Ballet (NYCB)’s 2023 Winter Season will open on Tuesday, January 17, with an all-Balanchine program consisting of Donizetti Variations,...
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1.1KFeaturedWhat is contemporary dance? Hear from Hofesh Shechter, Desmond Richardson and Franck Chartier
Dance Informa had the wonderful opportunity to pick the brains of three world-renowned contemporary choreographers. Learn what Hofesh Shechter, Franck Chartier and...
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1.3KFeature ArticlesShannon Maynor and Alessandro Paganelli release first of 5 dance films
Dancer Shannon Maynor and composer Alessandro Paganelli have released dance film Nuda Veritas, the first part of Five Movements, a series of dance...
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1.4KFeature ArticlesChoreographer Andrew McNicol becomes English National Ballet School’s first Artistic Associate
English National Ballet School has announced that choreographer Andrew McNicol has become its first ever Artistic Associate. As Artistic Associate, McNicol will deepen his existing relationship...
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1.1KTips & AdviceBallet Club: An initiative on Instagram for classical dancers and ballet lovers
@balletclub_ is an Instagram account created by a Dominican dancer Daniela Colón, who developed a new initiative based on her global digital experience...
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3.6KReviewsA classic that breaks out of the classical mold: Boston Ballet’s Coppélia
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. March 21, 2019. When you think of a classical story ballet, what comes to mind? Fairies, princes...
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6.2KReviewsAtlanta Ballet brings romantic shine with ‘La Sylphide’
Cobb Energy Center, Smyrna, Georgia. February 15, 2019. On Friday evening, February 15, Atlanta Ballet presented a stunning performance of August Bournonville’s La...
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5.0KReviewsTheatricality, fun and humor in Boston Ballet’s ‘Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker’
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. November 29, 2018. The Nutcracker is a tale with a long tradition of telling, far and wide....
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7.1KFeature ArticlesAtlanta Ballet’s new production of ‘The Nutcracker’: For the next generation
We have arrived upon one of the most anticipated seasons of the year. With the holiday season around us at every corner,...
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4.9KFeature ArticlesJacob’s Pillow opens 86th dance festival
The 2018 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts opens Wednesday, June 20 with the third oldest ballet company in the world,...
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5.4KReviewsBoston Ballet in ‘Romeo and Juliet’: Worlds of the classics
Boston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. March 17, 2018. There’s certainly something to be said for adapting classic tales for the modern era,...
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4.3KFeature ArticlesABT and Friends: Performance Promotes New Choreographic Voices Within Company
By Laura Di Orio. This summer, dance fans will be given the opportunity to see new works by new choreographic voices within...
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6.5KFeature ArticlesABT soloist branches out to start own company
By Chelsea Thomas. For some dancers that first claim to fame is enough to satisfy. Just making it into the rankings of...
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4.7KReviews - USATom Gold Dance’s New York City Season
Gerald Lynch Theater, NYC March 13 2013 By Tara Sheena. Rarely in ballet do I find the same smaller and more intimate...
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19.7KDance Teacher ResourcesDance Quiz – Rudolf Nureyev
This year is the 75th anniversary of ballet legend Rudolf Nureyev’s birth, and 20 years since his death. How much do you know...
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45.7KDance Teacher ResourcesBallet: Method to Method
By Laura Di Orio. Ballet has been around since the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century. It has shifted and molded...
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9.7KDance News USAManhattan Youth Ballet – Redefining Dance Education
By Leah Gerstenlauer. The world of classical ballet in America is riddled with abbreviations, from the training level — SAB, JKO, CPYB...
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5.6KTop StoriesRasta Thomas Rocks Ballet
By Rebecca Martin. Rasta Thomas is touring globally with his production Rock The Ballet, to show audiences that ballet is still as...
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6.3KDance Teacher ResourcesBalanchine Quiz
How much do you know about George Balanchine, one of the 20th century’s most famous choreographers? By Rain Francis. 1. George Balanchine...
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7.4KDance Teacher ResourcesDance Quiz – Dance Stars throughout history
Test your dance knowledge… By Rain Francis. With which name would you MOST associate Ginger Rogers? a) Gene Kelly c) Mikhail Baryshnikov...
