Tag: ethan stiefel

Ethan Stiefel Figured Out His New Ballet in the Most Cooper Nielson-y Way

Here’s one of the many (MANY) things that makes Center Stage so magical: There’s a sense that the dance-actors were basically playing themselves. Amanda Schull, a real-life sweetheart who struggled with her turnout, became the sweet and turnout-challenged Jody Sawyer. Sascha Radetsky, a real-life heartthrob and all-around nice guy, became the adorable and eternally nice […]

Watch the New Trailer for Center Stage: On Pointe

Center Stage is, in my humble opinion, the most important dance movie of all time (if not the most important movie in general). Every moment was iconic, everyone was so beautiful and every costume change was so truly #goals, I can’t even: Same. So I, along with many other fans, have been a little skeptical about the latest […]

ABT (Yes, Including Misty!) Will Perform on "Jimmy Kimmel Live"

Mmmmmm. There’s SO MUCH delicious late-night dance-y goodness happening. A few days back, the one and only Misty Copeland chaînéd her way across the “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” stage. Last night, newly minted MacArthur genius Michelle Dorrance tapped up a storm on that same dance-friendly floor. And on Monday, we’ll get a pretty spectacular […]

The Cast of Starz's Ballet Show Is Insane

Whoa, you guys: Remember way back in January, when we told you Starz was working on a “gritty” ballet drama? Well, big news: The network has released a few of the names attached to the project, and they are MAJOR. How major, you ask? We’ve got former American Ballet Theatre principal Irina Dvorovenko and current […]

Warning: May Cause Crying

Remember a couple of days ago, when we talked about how superstar Ethan Stiefel gave his last performance with American Ballet Theatre on Saturday? Well, some forward-thinking audience member filmed Stiefel’s farewell bows for those of us who weren’t able to see him say goodbye in person, and wow—it’s a doozy of a video. Get […]

Changing of the Guard at ABT

What a month it’s been at American Ballet Theatre. Over the past few weeks, we’ve had to say goodbye to two of the company’s most charismatic guys: Angel Corella, who is now the head of Barcelona Ballet; and Ethan Stiefel (aka Cooper Nielson), who recently took the helm of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Both […]