“I can’t. I have rehearsal.” Every dancer has been there. And the latest installment of online reality show “city.ballet.” is all about those sacrifices that we make every day. At New York City Ballet, the dancers seem pretty convinced it was all worth it. What do you think? QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “We work at […]
Now that we’ve met each rank of the company, this week’s installment of “city.ballet.” delves into the good stuff: relationships. Apparently, dating at work is pretty common at New York City Ballet. And this episode gives us all the juicy details. FUN FACT: Principal dancers Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck started dating when they were only […]
The principal level is the rank every dancer aspires to. But what really goes on once they get there? This episode gave us an inside look at the leaders of the pack at New York City Ballet. FUN FACT: Ballerinas may make their job look painless, but that’s not the case. To keep her body […]
This week’s episode is all about the soloist rank—or as the dancers refer to it, “purgatory.” While they may be moving up within New York City Ballet, they still have a long way to go. FUN FACT: When soloist Megan LeCrone says her body started breaking down after years of ballet, she means it: She’s […]
This waiting a full week between episodes of “city.ballet” thing has been hard: Did Silas Farley and Claire Von Enck make it into NYCB’s corps de ballet? The suspense has been killing me! But I got answers in Episode 3, which is all about the corps. FUN FACT: While many dancers move quickly up the […]
While it may be tempting to watch the entire season of “city.ballet” in one sitting (OK, it’s near impossible not to), I’ve decided to space it out, watching one episode each week. This week is “Apprentices,” where we get to meet the newbies of New York City Ballet. They’re young, they’re super talented and they’re […]
Work it, Kenzie! Finale time! The whole crew—and I mean the whole crew—was in New Orleans for In10sity Nationals. Much of this episode was hard to watch (aka the parts featuring the moms), but, in the end, there was a ton of great dancing. Here are my top AWESOME and AWKWARD moments from last night. […]
You voted last night, right? I hope so, because it was your last chance! Last night, Season 10’s Top 4 contestants—Amy, Fik-Shun, Jasmine and Aaron—duked it out dance-style for the title of America’s [Latest] Favorite Dancer, a $100,000 prize and, what we think is the best part, a spot on the December cover of Dance […]