Tag: svetlana zakharova

9 Dancers Who Are All Kinds of Foot #Goals

Few things are more beautiful than perfectly arched feet. While us normal humans are on a never-ending quest to make our biscuits look a little bit better, some dancers are just born with gorgeous bananas. Here are 9 artists—from big-name icons to up-and-coming talents—whose feet are all kinds of #goals. Sylvie Guillem French ballet icon […]

The Big, Bold Bolshoi Ballet

The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Actually, they’re already here: Moscow’s famous Bolshoi Ballet has arrived in NYC for more than two weeks of performances. “Bolshoi” literally translates to “big”—which is perfect, because this company doesn’t do anything small. They’ve brought three huge productions with them to the Big Apple: classics Swan Lake […]

Ballet All Day

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 […]

The Bolshoi May Be Coming to a Theater Near You

Do you like ballet? Are you obsessed with the superhuman Russian ballerina Svetlana Zakharova? Do you live near a movie theater? If you answered “yes” to any (or all) those questions, and you’re free this Sunday afternoon, start getting pumped now. The Bolshoi Ballet will broadcast its January 25, 2015 performance to more than 500 […]

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 […]

Guess Those Feet!

Nothing says “dancer” like a borderline-unhealthy obsession with feet—beautiful, pointy, archy feet. Ballet dancers are particularly foot-centric. In fact, some serious bunheads (*cough cough* 15-year-old me *cough*) pride themselves on their ability to identify a dancer solely by her feet. Well, I’m putting you all to the test. Below are the feet of four famously […]

Five Great Stories from David Hallberg

Are you guys familiar with Studio 5 at City Center? It’s an excellent series of performances/talks held in one of New York City Center’s rehearsal studios. Each event gives you an up-close-and-personal peek at a fantastic artist. And since the project is helmed by former NYCB principal Damian Woetzel, the dancers they bring in tend […]