What will it take to build more female leaders in ballet? Dr. Linda Hamilton, the creator of Dance Magazine‘s longstanding advice column, Advice for Dancers, interviews New York City Ballet star Ashley Bouder about her work on the Ashley Bouder Project and the ways in which she’s fighting for more female leadership in the ballet […]
Hollywood may have the Oscars, but ballet has the Prix de Benois de la Danse. Held every spring at Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, the prestigious international awards ceremony recognizes dancers, choreographers, composers and designers for their extraordinary work on and off the stage. This year’s laureates, chosen by a jury, were announced during an awards ceremony […]
Throughout New York City Ballet’s almost 70-year history, very few dancers have returned to the stage after having a baby. Yet the company is having something of a baby boom right now, with three principal dancers currently diving into motherhood while upholding their careers. In March, writer Jen Peters sat down with Abi Stafford and […]
New York City Ballet principal Ashley Bouder embraces every role with great relish and dazzling technique. She sparkles in Balanchine’s Stars and Stripes and exudes just the right whiff of romance in his “Emeralds.” She’s a favorite of visiting choreographers too. She seems to be bursting with happiness in Ratmansky’s Concerto DSCH, and in Wayne […]
As Ashley Bouder runs onto the stage and into a crisp, high pas de chat, arms held overhead in delight, there is no doubt that she is queen of that pearly underworld that is George Balanchine’s Ballo della Regina. And when, after the flirtatious little polka on pointe that opens her first solo, she suddenly […]
Something magical happens when Jovani Furlan smiles at another dancer onstage. Whether it’s a warm acknowledgment between sections of Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering or an infectious grin delivered in the midst of a puzzle box of a sequence in Justin Peck’s Everywhere We Go, whoever is on the receiving end brightens. “I could […]
One of the hardest parts of hunkering down to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is giving up our daily routines. And for dancers, that means class. Last week we shared a number of online teaching platforms, but now there are even more options. Over the weekend a handful of pros stepped forward to share that […]
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