Esprit de Corps
07 Jun 2013 OK, picture this: Odette without her sister swans; Romeo and Juliet minus the sword-fighting townsmen; La Bayadère with its 24 perfectly synchronized Shades missing in action; Symphony in C forgoing its stage-swelling corps de ballet.
New York City Ballet’s 2013-2014 Season
30 May 2013 New York City Ballet’s 2013-14 Season at Lincoln Center will kick
off on September 17, 2013, featuring performances of 50 ballets
over the course of 21 weeks in celebration of New York City Ballet’s
50th anniversary at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
Shostakovich and Ballet
20 May 2013 -- When the curtain rises at the end of this month on the three ballets set to the music
of Dmitri Shostakovich, choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky for American Ballet
Theatre, audiences are sure to gain a new understanding of this uniquely multifaceted
composer.
Live the Dream
10 May 2013 -- Join ballet star Sara Mearns as she steps into a
fantasy world created by Stravinsky, the Philharmonic,
and Giants Are Small. Mindy Aloff explores the aesthetics
behind this genre-bending production.
American Spring: American Music Festival Kicks Off Spring at NYCB
03 May 2013 -- For the first three weeks of New York City Ballet’s 2013 Spring Season, music by American composers will resound throughout the David H. Koch Theater, sounds that fit a Company with New York City in its name to a T.
Paul Taylor Dance Company Returns to Lincoln Center March 5-24
07 Mar 2013 -- The Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to the David H. Koch Theater for its 2013 New York Season from March 5th through the 24th following a record-shattering inaugural Season at Lincoln Center in 2012. The Season celebrates Paul Taylor’s masterworks spanning seven decades, from the 1950s through today.
New York City Ballet in DC
18 Feb 2013 -- One of the world’s foremost dance companies, New York City Ballet performs two signature mixed repertory programs accompanied by the New York City Ballet Orchestra in the Kennedy Center Opera House March 26–31.
The Killer Ballet that Changed Broadway: Reviving “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue”
07 Feb 2013 -- In 1936, George Balanchine was a young Russian
choreographer who had been in the United States
for three years. He had launched a ballet school and
was trying to establish a permanent company; Broadway
musicals were hardly familiar terrain.
The Ballet Project
30 Jan 2013 -- Last November, FAILE, the Brooklyn-based artist team of Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller, posted a sneak-peek image from their latest project on their Facebook page...
Benjamin Millepied to Head Ballet of the Opera National de Paris
24 Jan 2013 -- Benjamin Millepied, 35, a former star of the New York City Ballet and founder of the L.A. Dance Project last year has been appointed Thursday to the prestigious post of director of dance for the Ballet of the Opera National de Paris.
Q&A With Tom Gold
20 Jan 2013 -- Tom Gold Dance will participate in Dancers Responding to AIDS Jan. 29, the eighth edition of Dance from the Heart as some of the most diverse dancers and choreographers working today come together to showcase their artistry and support DRA.