Tag: prix de lausanne

Ballet's Brightest Stars—The Before Videos

NYC is bursting with promising ballet dancers this week, thanks to the Youth America Grand Prix finals held at Lincoln Center’s Koch Theater. To all the competitors (at YAGP and beyond), we’re shouting a big “Merde!!” your way. We can’t wait to see what amazing things these kids will do next. Don’t believe us? Just […]

Meet Juliet!

Happy March! Here at DS HQ, we’re more than ready to be kicking off a new month (please please please tell us that March is going to finally bring us some warmer temperatures and pretty flowers…please?) and, fittingly, a brand-new issue! Introducing…Juliet Doherty! The March issue of Dance Spirit is our annual Ballet Issue, and […]

Make Way for Juliet

In the summer of 2012, Juliet Doherty gave a talk at a TEDx conference in her hometown of Albuquerque, NM. She was the only teenager to speak that day—and, in a ballet costume and pointe shoes, the only person not wearing a suit. After her speech, during which she encouraged listeners to “be great,” Juliet […]

Inside the Prix de Lausanne

It’s Prix de Lausanne week! The elite ballet competition kicked off yesterday in Lausanne, Switzerland. One of our favorite things about the event is that, while it may be happening thousands of miles from most of us, the Prix organizers release all kinds of goodies to help us feel like we’re right in the middle […]

Before They Were Stars

How amazing is the treasure trove of dance videos available online? This morning, DS editor Michael Bailey stumbled upon a gem: Clips of superstar ballerina Svetlana Zakharova as a 16-year-old student at the Vaganova Academy (she begins on the left—and sorry, embedding has been disabled):               It’s incredible! So […]

School Buzz: Houston Ballet Student Wins Top Honors At Prix de Lausanne

What did you get for your last birthday? The week that Houston Ballet II dancer Emanuel Amuchastegui turned 19, he took first place and the “audience favorite” award at the 38th Prix de Lausanne ballet competition! “I was surprised because I didn’t think I would win,” says Emanuel, a student at the company’s Ben Stevenson […]

Ballet Competitions 101

Sarah Lane and Joseph Phillips performing at the YAGP 2008 Gala. Photo by Gene Schiavone Picture this: It’s 1990, and Jose Manuel Carreño, a young, relatively unknown Cuban ballet student, has just wowed the judges at the USA International Ballet Competition with his ultra-powerful jumps and incredibly controlled pirouettes. At the end of the competition, […]