Posts Tagged ‘American Ballet Theatre’
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
In 1955 the British dance critic R. J. Austin calculated that American Ballet Theatre, whose roster of choreographers continually changed, would focus on it star dancers to solidify its reputation as a premier ballet company. Austin calculated right. Today ABT is powerful because of its stupendous dancers, whether they’re on the masthead or employed as guest artists for only a season.
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Tags: Albrecht, Alina Cojocaru, American Ballet Theatre, Basilio, David Hallberg, Don Quixote, Giselle, Jean-Georges Noverre, Kevin McKenzie, Kitri, Metropolitan Opera House, Polina Semionova, R. J. Austin, The Wilis
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Monday, May 2nd, 2011
By Rachel Straus May 1-2 Guggenheim Museum The popular Works + Process series presents “American Ballet Theatre on to Act II.” Current ABT dancers will perform excerpts from their upcoming Metropolitan Opera House season. ABT alumni will discuss the challenges dancers face in the second act of their careers. You can watch the event each [...]
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Tags: 92nd St. Y, Alexei Ratmansky, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Andrew Nemr, Antony Tudor, Apollo Theater, BAC Flicks, Balanchine, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Benjamin Millepied, Bharata Natyam, Camille A. Brown, Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet, Charles Atlas, Christopher Wheeldon, Dances Patrelle, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Gilbert & Sullivan, Guggenheim Museum, Gus Solomons, Joyce Theater, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Marshall Davis, Mats Ek, Mondays with Merce, Movement Research, Nancy Dalva, New York City Ballet, New York City Dance Parade, Odissi, Patti Lupone, Pedro Ruiz, Rafael Bonachela, Sakshi Productions, Sydney Dance Company, Trisha Brown, Wendy Whelan, “Giselle, “Lady of the Camellias, ” Dakshina Company, ” “Cinderella, ” “Coppelia, ” “Don Quixote, ” “Swan Lake, ” “The Sleeping Beauty
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
By Rachel Straus How many ballet clichés can one film hold? Answer: Enough to make you puke. And that is what Natalie Portman spends a fair amount of time doing in “Black Swan,” the pulp ballet movie directed by Darren Aronofsky, which opened December 3. Portman, who plays Nina Sayers, a corps member of a [...]
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Tags: American Ballet Theatre, Martha Hill, Nathalie Portman, Sarah Lane, The Juilliard School
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
If you’ve ever sat in the theater watching a dance and wondered how the performers went from working with the choreographer in the studio to being masters of their own movement on the stage, the Emmy award-winning filmmaker Elliot Caplan has made just the documentary for you. It’s called 15 Days of Dance – The [...]
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Tags: American Ballet Theatre, Film, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, Merce Cunningham
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