Celebrate Natalia Makarova’s 80th Birthday With These Rarely Seen Archival Photos

November 21 marks Natalia Makarova’s 80th birthday. The ballerina made international headlines in September 1970 when she defected from the Soviet Union while on tour with the Kirov Ballet in London. That December, she made her American Ballet Theatre debut, an association that altered the company’s trajectory. “In ballet, stardom doesn’t come overnight as it […]

This New Dance Photography Book Offers Your Daily Dose of Inspiration

In her many years of shooting top dancers and choreographers, photographer Rose Eichenbaum has not only captured their movement, but collected their stories and the guidance they have to offer other artists. Now, Eichenbaum is releasing a coffee table book, Inside the Dancer’s Art, filled with these artists’ words of wisdom alongside their portraits. Here […]

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Natalia Makarova’s Tribute to Nikita Dolgushin

“Nikita Dolgushin and I were unexpectedly given the adagio from the second act of Giselle to dance together at our graduation from the Vaganova School. Nikita was long-legged, sensitive with a slightly elongated face and black flashing eyes. He was born a romantic dancer; refined and intellectual, which was a great help to me in […]

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