So, this is incredibly cool: Have you heard about the Google Cultural Institute? It’s a virtual museum boasting millions of artifacts from artistic partners around the world. And we’re not talking your standard, here-is-a-really-old-painting-DON’T-TOUCH-IT artifacts: The Institute features interactive digital “objects” that encourage viewers to get up close and personal with art and artists. Why […]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably now realized that the ballet-meets-fashion sensation is here to stay. And you’ve probably also realized that here at DS, we’re really, really psyched about it. The latest gem? Otherworldly Marie-Agnès Gillot, an étoile with the Paris Opéra Ballet, was tapped as an “October Muse” by Anthropologie—complete with a revealing […]
The Paris Opéra Ballet‘s been up to a lot of pretty awesome stuff lately. Besides the company recently launching its new digital platform, 3e Scene, complete with incredibly beautiful short films centered around ballet and the opera house, its dancers participated in a photo shoot as part of “20 Dancers for the 20th Century.” As part of choreographer Boris Charmatz’s […]
Wouldn’t it be nice to fly around the world and see every dance-related performance, exhibit and event? Le sigh. Fortunately the interwebz make it easy to get a glimpse of international dance beauty, even if we can’t be there in person. Case in point: The Palais Garnier is currently exhibiting some of the most spectacular […]
We know you know ballet boys are gorgeous. But have you already watched Sergei Polunin’s dreamy Hozier video 8,3874,389 times? OD’ed on James Whiteside’s delectable Insta feed? Exhausted all Google image searches for the impossibly perfect Roberto Bolle? (Be careful with those—there’s a lot of bare booty involved.) If you’re in need of some new […]
Happy National Dance Day, fellow dancers! We asked you the other day how you’d be celebrating our favorite holiday, and while it seems like a lot of you will be taking classes, performing and dancing anywhere and everywhere you can, we’re here to suggest an alternative: Ballet binge-watching marathon, anyone? Nothing’s more frustrating than searching […]
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 […]
I never get tired of seeing beautiful dance films shot in innovative locations. Fortunately, artists everywhere never get tired of making them. Here’s a new video to add to your list of favorites: Haut Vol, directed by Louis de Caunes, featuring Paris Opéra Ballet dancers Leonore Baulac and Alistair Madin. Google translate tells me that the […]