Photo by Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photo, Havana, Cuba, July 14, 2009 I posted a new YouTube video on Carlos Acosta. With a humble childhood in one of Havana, Cuba’s poorest districts, Carlos Acosta rose to fame as an international ballet superstar. …
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Christine Shevchenko: A Night at the Ballet
Above photo: Aran Bell and Christine Shevchenko, screenshot from video Check out the Live Arts Global production of A Night at the Ballet, available on YouTube until Sunday (Update: video no longer available). The production is put on by Live …
The Royal Ballet Back on Stage: Joyous Return After Seven Months
Above photo: Francesca Hayward and Cesar Corrales, Romeo and Juliet screenshot from the gala New York arts news has been depressing recently with the cancellations of the Metropolitan Opera 2020/2021 season and New York City Ballet Nutcracker, with news that …
ABT/NYCB/DTH Seasons in Jeopardy
Above photo: Alexei Ratmansky New York Premier of Sleeping Beauty, May 29, 2015 Life has changed dramatically in the past several weeks, with carefree thoughts of spring ballet seasons fading quickly due to COVID-19 concerns. American Ballet Theatre sent out …
Ballet Academy East Celebrates 40 Years
Above photo: Silas Farley’s In Excelsis. Repertory diversity was the theme at the Ballet Academy East Winter Performance last week at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. Two works by Jenna Lavin ( Les Valseurs and Rondo Grazioso) showed off the students’ …
First Look at Joshua Beamish @giselle
Photo of Catherine Hurlin by Craig Foster Jocelyn Delifer took a rehearsal sneak peek of Joshua Bemish’s @giselle a few weeks ago. Jocelyn works in New York as a financial analyst and cultivates a balance between his day job and …