Twisting and turning skills are vital in many athletic and artistic endeavors. Figure skaters, gymnasts, and ballet dancers typically have a preferred side of turning (or directional turning preference) on the ground and jumps. Some prefer to turn clockwise (CW) …
New York Debut of Ratmansky’s Of Love and Rage
In an American Ballet Theatre Spring Season filled with old iconic warhorses that ballet fans have committed to memory, Alexei Ratmansky’s Of Love and Rage is a refreshing contrast. The work, which debuted at Segerstrom Center in March 2020 and …
ABT Returns to the Met: Don Quixote
American Ballet Theatre opened its Spring Season with Don Quixote at the Metropolitan Opera House Monday after a three-year absence due to COVID-19 (with a one-month delayed start due to the ridiculous extension of the Met Opera season, resulting in …
Daniil Simkin at Kennedy Center
New YouTube Video
Check out my latest YouTube video on Daniil Simkin. American Ballet Theatre performed Don Quixote at the Kennedy Center in March 2022. As I noted in my last video on Aran Bell, I value the immediacy social media provides on …
New Aran Bell Video
American Ballet Theatre performed Don Quixote at the Kennedy Center in March. The company posted a rehearsal video from Aran Bell’s Don Quixote Grand pas de deux variation. Bell’s variation is noteworthy for his top-notch execution and several unique innovations …
Vladimir Vasiliev YouTube Video
Check out my latest YouTube video on Soviet-era Bolshoi ballet star Vladimir Vasiliev. Vasiliev was a legendary Soviet-era dancer, one of the most influential dancers of the 20th Century. Although not as well known as Mikhail Baryshnikov or Rudolf Nureyev …
Baryshnikov in the Movies! New YouTube Video: The Turning Point
Mikhail Baryshnikov is one of the few ballet dancers that has widespread recognition outside of the dance world. In addition to his jaw dropping technical abilities, his acting in four movies and one cable series from the 1970s through the …