Tag: william forsythe

18-Year-Old NYCB Apprentice Naomi Corti Talks About Her Big Break in Forsythe's "Herman Schmerman"

When audience members opened their programs at New York City Ballet’s revival of Herman Schmerman a few weeks ago, one name had everyone buzzing: Naomi Corti. Just an apprentice, she was dancing a featured role alongside principals and soloists in William Forsythe‘s challenging, go-for-broke choreography. How was this going to go down? Quite well, actually. […]

Quiz: Name That Dance!

Can you ID some of the dance world’s most iconic works? Take our quiz below to find out! Loading… Lead photo: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Ailey’s Revelations. Photo by Paul Kolnik, courtesy AAADT.

Benjamin Millepied Is Shaking Things Up at Paris Opéra Ballet

Whoa, you guys: Benjamin Millepied does not mess around. Ever since it was announced, back in 2013, that he’d become director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, Millepied has been talking about pushing the historic company forward. But today he revealed POB’s upcoming season—the first he’s been able to plan himself—and it became clear that all […]

William Forsythe's Move to Cali

William Forsythe with Jodie Gates, the director of USC’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. (photo by Ian Carney) You may have read that legendary choreographer William Forsythe is leaving his company to join the faculty of the new BFA program at University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance. (The school will enroll its […]