Tag: damian woetzel

Watch More Than 100 Juilliard Students and Alums Perform at Home Together

The phrase “social distancing” implies isolation—and yet, during this period of social distancing, the dance community has created so many beautiful displays of togetherness. Here’s one of our new favorites: Bolero Juilliard, a 10-minute video featuring 100+ Juilliard students and alumni dancing and making music at home, alone but also not alone. The montage features […]

See Ballerina Tiler Peck as You've Never Seen Her Before: In Tap Shoes

The Vail Dance Festival in Vail, CO, is famous for pairing dancers from different companies with each other. And we love geeking out over that kind of fantasy casting. (Speaking of which: You HAVE to watch these videos of American Ballet Theatre’s Calvin Royal III and New York City Ballet’s Unity Phelan rehearsing Balanchine’s Agon […]

Today's Installment of "Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck are Everywhere"

It’s been a big news week for our favorite New York City Ballet couple, principals Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck! First, it was announced that Peck will star in Susan Stroman’s new musical, Little Dancer, next fall at Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center. Last year we heard that she was workshopping the title role, but we […]

Five Great Stories from David Hallberg

Are you guys familiar with Studio 5 at City Center? It’s an excellent series of performances/talks held in one of New York City Center’s rehearsal studios. Each event gives you an up-close-and-personal peek at a fantastic artist. And since the project is helmed by former NYCB principal Damian Woetzel, the dancers they bring in tend […]