American Ballet Theatre apprentice Gisele Bethea was nothing short of amazing at her March 2016 cover shoot, with her jaw-dropping feet and insane extension (not to mention her bubbly personality kept everyone smiling all day!). Check out some behind-the-scenes footage below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
How do you sum up an evening that includes performances of stage-shaking passion; heartfelt speeches that make you laugh and then make you ugly cry; and an inescapable sense of beautiful, joyful, warm-and-fuzzy #dancerlove? You can do it the way legendary Merce Cunnigham dancer Valda Setterfield did it last night: By declaring that there’s nothing […]
You’ve probably noticed that we DS editors love all things ballet, fashion and festive. So it’s probably no surprise that American Ballet Theatre dancers + Club Monaco + pretty clothes is a winning combo in our books. Five corps de ballet dancers from ABT (Scout Forsythe, Claire Davison, Calvin Royal III, Gemma Bond and Cameron McCune) were […]
American Ballet Theatre principal Misty Copeland is a trailblazer who is changing the game of classical ballet. And now the amazing 32-year-old is sharing her life story with the whole world in a new documentary, out this week: A Ballerina’s Tale. Directed by Nelson George, the film gives viewers an inside look at the ups […]
American Ballet Theatre’s latest production of The Sleeping Beauty premiered last night at the Segerstrom Center in California. And you know what that means: The company’s dancers are currently flooding Instagram and Twitter with tantalizing behind-the-scenes photos and videos. Which is the best. World Premiere Day! All very best to dear colleagues/friends @ABTBallet. t my […]
So, I haven’t been pirouetting much for a few years now. But when I was dancing, I used to have this amazing recurring dream, which still haunts me: I go to do a pirouette. It becomes clear that I am exactly, perfectly on balance. I have a realization that as long as I keep spotting, […]
It’s no wonder Misty Copeland is a role model for countless aspiring ballerinas. Misty didn’t take her first dance class until age 13, at the local Boys & Girls Club in San Pedro, CA. Her natural strength and flexibility, plus a killer work ethic, meant she advanced quickly, and in 2000 she joined American Ballet […]
Story ballets are wonderful when you take them on their own terms. But what if real people acted the way dancers do in story ballets? That’s the question posed—and answered, hilariously—by American Ballet Theatre principal Daniil Simkin and choreographer Alexander Ekman in the video “Simkin and the City.” Ekman filmed the ABT star on the […]