Nutcracker mania is in full swing right now, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. This year, some of our favorite ballerinas are getting much-deserved coverage leading up to their performances (obviously because of their talent, but also thanks to ballet’s crazy-fast increase in pop culture visibility this year). Case in point: Megan Fairchild, a principal […]
It’s the day after Thanksgiving, and you know what that means: NUTCRACKER SEASON HAS OFFICIALLY BEGUN. Frankly, given that everyone’s been nutcrack-ing away in rehearsals for a solid couple of months now, we’re all already feeling a bit burned out. But the dancers of New York City Ballet—who perform no fewer than 47 Nutcrackers each […]
The rest of the world is in full-tilt Turkey Day mode right now, but us dance people have been getting our Christmas on since Nutcracker rehearsals began back in September. So, look: If you can’t bear to hear the “Party March” one more time, if you’re Hot Chocolate-d and Marzipan-ed and Candy Cane-d out, if […]
Need some delicious ballet-meets-fashion candy to get you through this hump day? Let New York City Ballet—with assists from Women’s Wear Daily and several world-class designers—help you with that. Yes, NYCB’s fall gala next week will be fashion-filled, featuring costumes by no fewer than five bold-name designers for no fewer than four world premieres. Choreographer […]
Whether she’s leading the pack in George Balanchine’s athletic Symphony in Three Movements or floating across the stage as the Sylph in August Bournonville’s La Sylphide, New York City Ballet principal Sterling Hyltin is the definition of classical. Hyltin grew up training at the Etgen-Atkinson School of Ballet in Dallas, TX. Once she arrived at […]
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 […]
The fall ballet season is quickly approaching and bunheads everywhere are buzzing. While there’s tons of exciting stuff going on, New York City Ballet principal Sara Mearns as Odette/Odile in Peter Martins’ Swan Lake is a definite must-see. Sara Mearns giving it her all as Odile (left, with Jared Angle) and Odette (right) (Photos Paul Kolnik) Lincoln Center’s media team recently […]
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 […]