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American Masters – American Ballet Theatre: A History premieres Fri, May 15,...
American Masters teams up with Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns to co-produce a new documentary about American Ballet Theatre (ABT) in honor of the ballet company’s 75th...
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Sylvie Guillem Performing Mats Ek’s “Wet Woman”….
In some of Mat Ek’s former choreographies, the traditions of Kurt Jooss and of his mother, Birgit Cullberg may be apparent. He uses classical as well as modern dance techniques. Social engagement of...
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“Dancers are Part Soldier”| José Limón Photo by Barbara Morgan
“Dancers are part soldier, part gladiator, part matador. They possess the disciplined courage of the first, the brute daring of the second, the finesse of the last.” – José LimónFiled under: Dance...
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Roland Petit’s “Carmen” (1949) with Laurent Hilaire & Alessandra Ferri…
Score: George Bizet Carmen is a ballet created by Roland Petit and his company ‘Les Ballets de Paris’ at the Prince’s Theatre in London on 21 February 1949, which has entered the repertory of ballet...
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SPITFIRE (Choreographed by Matthew Bourne in 1988) performed at the 2006 Gala...
Spitfire – An advertisement divertissement (1988) was Matthew Bourne’s first hit, and something of a signature piece. It places Perrot’s famous Pas De Quatre form 1846, made as a kind of diva-off for...
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Excerpt of “Banda” with Carmen de Lavallade & Geoffrey Holder (1957) ….
Geoffrey Holder as the Baron of The Cemetery in “Banda” (1957) Geoffrey Holder’s Banda dance debuted in the 1954 Truman Capote/Harold Arlen musical House Of Flowers. Holder the Baron of The Cemetery...
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Contemporary Ballet: Exchanges, Connections and Directions….
Photo by RJ Muna From Network of Pointes to further discourses on contemporary ballet May 20-21, 2016 An SDHS Special Topics Conference at the Center for Ballet and the Arts, New York University, and...
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Martha Graham: Live in Your Time….Interview with James Grissom By Telephone,...
Martha Graham in Letter to the World, 1940. Photo: Barbara Morgan (1900-1992) It is perfectly acceptable to be imitative, particularly when you are young, when you are trying to understand the shape of...
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Mary Wigman, German Expressionism & Modern Dance….
Mary Wigman From a choreographic and aesthetical production perspective, Mary Wigman (1886 – 1973 Germany) is, after Laban, the first relevant, European, modern dance figure reported by modern dance...
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“Follies of God”| Martha Graham’s Interview with James Grissom….
Photograph by Marty Lederhandler/1973 “There is no place for arrogance in the arts, but neither is there room for doubt or a perpetual need for affirmation. If you come to me with doubts about a...
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