Tag: harrison ball

5 Things We Learned from "city.ballet." Season 2, Episode 1

Season 2 of “city.ballet.”—the AOL On series that gives an insider’s look at New York City Ballet—is live now! We’re recapping one episode per week. Watch all 12 at dancemagazine.com. It’s baaaaack! We couldn’t get enough of the first season of “city.ballet.”—drama! intrigue! pretty feet!—and have been eagerly awaiting round two, which finally, finally premiered […]

NYCB's Next Generation

Plus, the gala dinner setup was gorgeous! (photo via NYCB) For ballet nerds like me, there are few things more exciting than watching young dancers develop into beautiful, authoritative artists. Last night, New York City Ballet’s spring gala opened with a work that let some of my favorite rising stars prove just how much they’ve […]

New York City Ballet Just Announced Lots of Exciting Promotions

New York City Ballet sure knows how to finish a production with a bang. Just as the company’s whirlwind two weeks of The Sleeping Beauty came to an end, ballet master in chief Peter Martins announced the promotion of eight dancers: Sara Adams, Harrison Ball, Emilie Gerrity, Joseph Gordon, Unity Phelan, Troy Schumacher and Indiana Woodward were all promoted to soloist, […]

Congrats to the Clive Barnes Award Nominees!

American Ballet Theatre’s gorgeous Devon Teuscher is one of this year’s Clive Barnes Award nominees. (photo by Rosalie O’Connor) The Clive Barnes Award is kind of a big deal. For the past four years, the Clive Barnes Foundation has presented the $5,000 prize to one young dancer and one young theater actor each year, in memory […]

"happyokay" Was More Than Okay—It Was Awesome

Dance is best seen live. Whether it’s in an intimate black box or on a huge proscenium, you can’t go wrong. But there’s something extra-special about seeing a performance in a space you wouldn’t normally associate with dance. It’s what makes site-specific work or dance made for the camera so cool. Sometimes, though, you don’t […]