Given the dance and fashion worlds’ mutual infatuation, and the fact that we’re currently in the midst of New York Fashion Week, it was only a matter of time before news broke about yet another awesome dance–fashion intersection. On Sunday, Opening Ceremony invited seven of the Big Apple’s brightest dance stars—ballerinas from New York City […]
Look, I know: We have talked and talked and talked (and talked…and talked…and talked) about the ballet–fashion connection. But that doesn’t make collaborations between world-class dancers/choreographers and world-class designers/photographers any less exciting. Especially when the collaborations are as fantastic as the spread in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar, which features New York City Ballet […]
Every July, New York City Ballet heads to Saratoga Springs, NY for their annual residency at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, and every July, us members of the dance world watch in envy as NYCB company members’ Saratoga photos start filling our Instagram feeds. Sara Mearns rehearsing onstage at SPAC (Photo by Kyle Froman Photography) They’ve got […]
Justin Peck is everywhere. That’s not hyperbole. In fact, I almost mean it literally. Over the course of the past few months, he’s debuted new ballets at New York City Ballet and Miami City Ballet; seen the opening of a documentary about his choreographic process, Ballet 422; announced that he’ll be making his first piece […]
Each year around this time, the ballet companies of the world begin revealing the programming for their upcoming seasons. And every time a season-announcement press release lands in my inbox, I squeal like a kid on Christmas morning—because they’re all full of delicious ballet goodies. Premieres! Revivals! Old favorites! YUM, YUM AND YUM. New York […]
Justin Peck in Ballet 422 (Courtesy Magnolia Pictures) For Justin Peck, the journey to the top didn’t end with a soloist contract at New York City Ballet: He caught the choreography bug, and he didn’t close up shop after creating one piece for the company. Instead, Peck—who at 27, is only the second person to […]
One of the many (many, many, many) reasons we love Justin Peck is that he collaborates with artists who are totally new to ballet. The 27-year-old New York City Ballet soloist, who was named the company’s resident choreographer last summer, is always on the lookout for people who might have something unexpected to contribute to […]
Get it, Santa. (via netanimations.net) We wish you a merry Christmas, a happy belated-Hanukkah and a joyous early-Kwanzaa! If you’re celebrating today, we hope you’ve had a magical morning—filled with hot cocoa, holiday carols, bear hugs and Santa surprises. While old Kris Kringle may be through making his rounds for this year, we’ve still got […]