There were two loud groans originating from Balletfocus.com world headquarters Tuesday night: New Jeep Commercial A new Jeep vehicle television commercial has a theme of “Legends aren’t born — they’re made” as video shows Jeep vehicles rampaging through deserts, fire, …
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 …
New Heads of NYCB Named;
Where are the Times’ Reviews?
New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet announced the appointment of Jonathan Stafford as Artistic Director and Wendy Whelan as its Associate Artistic Director of NYCB. Jonathan was the company’s interim director after Peter Martins resigned in January …
NYCB Sleeping Beauty:
Gordon Fills the Void
Recently, few male dancers at New York City Ballet have excelled in Petipa full-length ballets. Although refined in Balanchine/Robbins works, they struggle in 19th century “white-tights” ballets. The men’s efforts often have a “Let’s get through this performance…I don’t do …
NYCB Sleeping Beauty Off to Rocky Start
New York City Ballet opened its two-week Sleeping Beauty run Wednesday with a lackluster performance with little distinction and a few rough edges. Sterling Hyltin was Princess Aurora with Russell Janzen making his debut as Prince Désiré. Both score low on …
NYCB Sleeping Beauty;
Lausanne Ballet Competition
Above photo: Lauren Lovette and Gonzalo Garcia, Sleeping Beauty, February 16, 2017 Look forward to New York City Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty next week. The company usually performs a full-length production over Valentine’s Day and, thankfully, it is avoiding the dreadful …