Above photo by Eduardo Patino courtesy of Gaynor Minden. As a former dancer, I’ve always been fascinated by pointe shoes. Like most guys, I’ve never worn pointe shoes, but have been intrigued by the strange rituals that women go through, …
Mixed Rep-March 16
Ballet San Jose Stays Alive SF Gate reports that Ballet San Jose, headed by former ABT Principal Dancer José Manuel Carreño, raised $640,000 in the last 10 days to stave off financial collapse. The company needed to raise $500,000 to …
Mixed Rep-ABT, March 12
Kaho Ogawa Does 10 In between NYCB and ABT seasons, I’ve been spending a lot of time on the web trying to get my fill of ballet. I found an astounding video of ABT’s Kaho Ogawa performing 10 pirouettes on …
ABT Sleeping Beauty Reviews
If early reviews are any indication, ABT has a winner in Alexei Ratmansky’s Sleeping Beauty, which debuted at Segerstrom Center, Orange County on Tuesday. Here are three reviews I found: The LA Times Laura Bleiberg: While European companies have moved …
NYCB Winter Season Wrap-Up
NYCB’s Winter season was immensely entertaining, filled with high level dancing and innovative new and classic choreography. Highlights: Individual Performances As I noted in my Fall NYCB wrap-up, the women at NYCB are outstanding and would be great dancers at any …
Hallberg Injured;
Ballet San Jose May Close
Hallberg Out For ABT Met Season ABT announced today that David Hallberg is injured and will not dance in the Met season starting in May. The press release said that the withdrawal allows him “…to focus on his recovery from …