Above photo: the closest my daughter and I will get to the Met or Koch Theaters for awhile Not unexpected but still shocking are the 2020 cancelations of fall Lincoln Center performances from New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, …
Category: Ballet-General
Dance and Performing Arts in the COVID-19 World
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has devastated dance and performing arts, with New York spring season cancellations of New York City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, American Ballet Theatre and many others. Starting balletfocus.com in 2013, I never thought I would write …
Balletfocus 2019 Highlights
Balletfocus 2019 Highlights: Dance Theatre of Harlem Celebrates 50 Years Dance Theatre of Harlem, celebrated its 50th anniversary and held its New York season at City Center in April. Arthur Mitchell, the first African-American dancer at New York City Ballet, …
Baryshnikov Interview on CNN Larry King Live, 2002
I recently ran across an old VHS recording I made of ballet legend Mikhail Baryshnikov on CNN’s Larry King Live (how many people know what a VHS tape is?). The interview was from May 2002 after publication of Joan Acocella’s …
What is Gender-Fluid Dancing?
Above photo from chittagongit.com The New York Times has a new term to describe a dancer’s style: gender-fluid. As a former dancer, I would take the description as an insult, but the Times uses it approvingly these days. An example …
Balletfocus 2018 Highlights
2018 has been an action packed year in the New York ballet scene. My highlights and lowlights: ABT Young Women Emerge American Ballet Theatre featured many great young women in 2018, particularly Christine Shevchenko, Devon Teuscher, Skylar Brandt, and Cassandra …