Tag: film

Behind the Scenes at a Paris Opéra Ballet Photo Shoot

How do you spell glamour? P-O-B. That’s the Paris Opéra Ballet, of course—the endlessly glam home of some of the world’s best dancers. I’m sure you’ve already drooled over the new POB website and its accompanying 3e Scene, a platform where performance meets digital art. You may have also noticed that the étoiles have new, beautifully […]

Caught On Camera: How Those Viral Dance Videos Get Made

Odds are good you’ve seen a T. Milly—aka Tim Milgram—production: He’s filmed class routines for the likes of Tricia Miranda and Brian Friedman, and his concept videos for the Fraternal Twins and 8 Flavahz crew have garnered millions of views. You’ve also probably encountered talented choreographer Talia Favia, a Capezio A.C.E. Award winner whose lush […]

Keone and Mari Madrid's "Water" Series

Our November cover stars, choreographers extraordinaire and married lovebirds Keone and Mari Madrid are working on a new video series called “Water.” (Still from “Water Pt. 1”) The two have talked a lot about their Christian faith and how it features in their choreo and dancing, and the “Water” videos are clearly a testament to […]

Electric "Youth"

  (Photo by Joe Toreno) Choreographer Kyle Hanagami rarely holds casting calls: He’s already got an awesome crew of seven dancers who star in his frequently viral dance videos. This spring, five of those dancers—Whitney Bezzant, Guero Charles, Brandon Dumlao, Haley Fitzgerald and Ashley Gonzales—gathered at L.A.’s Movement Lifestyle dance studio to shoot a new […]

Mats Ek in Action

I’m sure you guys know about Jiří Kylián—the Czech choreographer who has almost single-handedly defined contemporary dance, and whose work is Nederlands Dans Theater’s calling card. But do you know about Mats Ek? Ek is a Swedish choreographer and the former director of the Cullberg Ballet (that home of all things REALLY weird). He’s known […]

She Is a Berliner (and a Ballerina)

Attention, bunheads! A new video is circulating the web, and it’s a beauty. Dancing on Rough Ground highlights Anastasia Kurkova, who left the Bolshoi Ballet to join one of Germany’s premier ballet companies, Staatsballett Berlin. (It’s a part of the I Am Berlin film series—a sequel to I Am Los Angeles—featuring an assortment of people […]