Happy New Year from Balletfocus! Thanks for checking in over the past year. Here are some 2016 Balletfocus posts and projects I particularly enjoyed working on: Baryshnikov Video Series-In May, I posted on YouTube three videos highlighting Mikhail Baryshnikov’s great dancing. …
Month: December 2016
NYCB and ABT Struggle in Digital Age
Although Some Signs of Hope
Photo: ralphbijker at Flickr, © Creative Commons The New York Times reports that the final performance of New York City Ballet’s three-week run last summer in Paris will be broadcast on PBS February 17 and 24. As I discussed at length last …
David Hallberg Returns for Coppélia; Polina Semionova Expecting
David Hallberg Returns After Long Absence The Australian Ballet website has great photos by Kate Longley of David Hallberg’s return to the stage in Coppélia last week. David has been out for the past two and a half years with …
Ellison Ballet Winter Showcase
I posted photos of the Ellison Ballet Winter Showcase performance from last weekend on my photography website notmydayjobphotography.com. Ellison Ballet is a training school in New York with students in their teens, run by Edward Ellison, a former Soloist at San Francisco …
Gelsey Kirkland Nutcracker: Dec 17 Review
Gelsey Kirkland Ballet (GKB) is unusual because it is a studio company without a parent company. Other studio companies, designed to train young dancers before entering a major company, are affiliates of larger companies such as ABT, Washington Ballet, and …
Gelsey Kirkland Ballet Nutcracker Review: Nuances Abound
Gelsey Kirkland Ballet’s Nutcracker is a wonderful, multifaceted production that pays dividends from multiple viewings. I’ve seen the production over the past three years, but pick up interesting features every time I see it. The Kirkland Nutcracker conveys rich detail, amplified …