Ballet has always had a complicated relationship with gender. In the classical roles we watch on stage, men play princes and heartbreakers who leap high in the air and take up entire stages with large ...
An older sister dragged Eli Waunch to his first ballet class at age 9. His two brothers also were talked into going to the session, so that the girls in a Deer Park program could dance with male ...
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. American Ballet Theatre's National Training Curriculum (NTC) has announced ...
The first time Ashton Edwards tried dancing on pointe, it felt like coming home. “It was just like magic. It felt beautiful on pointe. I felt like I could dance forever.” Edwards, originally from ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Elizabeth B. Yntema’s Dance Data Project has been using a steady drumbeat of numbers to push the ballet world to action on gender equality. By ...
More than forty years ago, dancer Richard Jessup traveled to Seattle for a show, fully intending to leave once the run was over. “I wasn’t planning to stay,” he says, “but other theater and dance ...
At every A.V.A. Ballet Theatre performance we survey the audiences to measure our performances and ensure we are bringing the public the most enjoyable ballet experience. One of the most frequently ...
Dance education options can be slim in smaller towns, but here in Lowell, a new opportunity to learn this art has recently opened up. Lowell is now the home of a pre-professional dance school that ...
The first thing wrong with the PBS “Dance in America” telecast tonight is its title: “Born to Be Wild: The Leading Men of American Ballet Theatre” (8 p.m., KCET). Wild? Mild is more like it. Riding a ...