Tag: black swan

Watch Julie Kent Review 60 Years of Famous Dance Movie Scenes

Earlier this week, Vanity Fair dropped a gift into our laps. The magazine released a 25-minute long YouTube video of Julie Kent reviewing ballet scenes from 60 years of feature films, spanning from 1948’s The Red Shoes to 2018’s The White Crow. While she certainly isn’t the first pro to give her take on dance […]

This Insane Fouetté Video IS NOT A GIF, YOU GUYS

Do you know a “Xerox” turner? The kind of dancer whose crazy multiple pirouettes are so perfectly balanced that they look like a single turn, carbon-copied two (or four, or eight, or thirty-two) times? Royal Ballet superstar Marianela Núñez is one of those rare, perfect pirouette beasts, a fact you definitely already know if you […]

Our Favorite Movie Dance Doubles of All Time

There’s no better test of a true dance nerd than her ability to pick out the moment a dance double appears onscreen—and frequently, that double is a bona-fide dance star. Here are a few of our all-time favorite movie dance doubles. Isabella Boylston for Jennifer Lawrence, “Red Sparrow” OK, no, we haven’t seen the film […]

Calling All Bunheads! Pacific Northwest Ballet Is Live-Streaming "Swan Lake"

Mark your calendars, bunheads! On Monday, January 29th, at 2:45 PM (EST)/11:45 AM (PST), Pacific Northwest Ballet will be streaming a live rehearsal of Act II of Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake. There are few things cooler than getting a front-row seat to a major ballet company’s rehearsal, especially when swans, Prince Siegfried, and Tchaikovsky’s lush […]

Quiz: What's Your Dance Movie IQ?

From Dirty Dancing to Center Stage to Black Swan, there are a lot of epic dance movies out there. But how well do you REALLY know them all? Take our quiz to find out! Loading…

5 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes Inspired by Your Favorite Dance Movies

News flash, guys: Halloween is TODAY. We know how easy it is to get caught up in the endless cycle of school, rehearsal, rest, repeat, and totally forget about a costume. If you’re nodding to yourself right now, thinking “#Storyofmylife,” we feel you—and we’re here to help. Behold, our favorite dance-movie-inspired Halloween costumes that you […]

The Most Influential People of 2011

The year 2011 was filled with show-stopping onstage moments and exciting offstage drama. Whether you were captivated by New York City Ballet star Sara Mearns’ 32 fouettés in Swan Lake or danced along in your seat as Sutton Foster led the Broadway cast of Anything Goes through a series of time steps, there’s no doubt […]