Tag: subway

This Fabulous Ballet Insta Account Makes All of NYC a Stage

Ballerina Sara Michelle Murawski and her looooooong legs have taken to the streets. And the grocery store. And the subway. And the Brooklyn Bridge. The reason for her epic journey: A new Insta account, @danceinthebigapple, featuring Murawski and her “ballet twin,” Saverio Pescucci, as they dance their way through NYC. Murawski—an alum of Pennsylvania Ballet […]

An ABT Dancer Jumped Onto the Subway Tracks to Save a Man's Life

We often call dancers superheroes, but rarely do we mean it literally. Today, though, we do: American Ballet Theatre’s Gray Davis is a superhero. The 31-year-old corps member was waiting for the train at NYC’s 72nd Street Station on Saturday night with his wife, soloist Cassandra Trenary, who’d just performed in The Golden Cockerel at […]

Dancers Celebrate the Subway and All of Its…Charm

If you live in a city, you probably understand the struggle that comes with public transportation. Sure, you can get pretty much anywhere on the cheap, but you also never know how long it might take—or what grossness you might encounter along the way. (Just a hint, NYC newbs: The subway is not the best […]

Underground Dance Party

Ahh NYC in December… (Photo by AP Photos) Christmas movies—from Miracle on 34th Street to Elf—tell us it’s the most magical place on earth to spend the holiday season. And in many ways, it is! There’s the tree at Rockefeller Center, the elaborately decorated windows of Macy’s and Saks Fifth Avenue, the Radio City Christmas […]