A compilation of duelling performances of Roland Petit’s Le Jeune Homme et la Mort, with Baryshnikov’s version in White Nights played against portrayals by Rudolf Nureyev, Nicolas Le Riche and Vladimir Shklyarov.…
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Misericordes is the term for a type of medieval blade used in combat, or to kill gravely-wounded knights as an act of mercy. As the name of Christopher Wheeldon’s creation for the Bolshoi, it might as well been named Misery Chords. …
Ahhh, Swan Lake. The gift that gives on giving. First we .gif-ed it, now we’re remixing it. Here on Valentine’s Day is La Scala’s Swan Lake, starring Svetlana Zakharova and Roberto Bolle, and set to that most immortal and classic of tunes, Beyonce’s Single Ladies.…
It was supposed to be an innocuous question and answer session and a chance for sports fans to tap the brains of one of Britain’s most successful athletes, Beth Tweddle. Instead, Beth found herself the subject of some spiteful and misogynistic vitriol when she agreed to participate in a live twitter Q&A with Sky Sports – ranging from lewd comments to insults about her appearance. It is another disappointing reflection of the discrimination female athletes face – an issue that…
Ballet Videos
Watch This: The Dancer and the Dance – a Baryshnikov documentary
Posted on January 2, 2014
BOOGIE LIKE BARYSHNIKOV. A Baryshnikov fix is always welcome in our books. This short film from 1983 focuses on Misha during his ABT years when he was both Artistic Director and a principal dancer, as the company prepares to debut a new contemporary piece choreographed by Goh Choo San.…
10-year-old Jasmine Cruz put up a very impressive showing at the YAGP regionals in San Francisco this May, performing a charming interpretation of a variation from Harlequinade – on pointe.…
We referred to ABC’s Bunheads as the little dance show that could. Until it turned out that it couldn’t anymore. We were genuinely upset when ABC decided to terminate what we considered to be one of the best shows to emerge on the small screen in a long while. And never has there been a show that utilized dance in such a unique and effective manner.…
This 30 minute documentary by Russia Today offers insight into the punishing world of that is Russian ballet.…
Ballet Videos
Watch This: Maria Kochetkova & Daniil Simkin – when they were young(er)
Posted on September 23, 2013
Daniil and Masha were already blowing balletomane’s minds 5 years ago, as this gorgeous pas de deux from the ’09 World Ballet Festival clearly shows.…