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Rudolf Nureyev: A Life in Dance: Exhibition of Nureyev’s Costumes at the de...
Rudolf Nureyev and Noëlla Pontois in La Bayadère, Palais Garnier, 1974. Photograph by André Chino. Courtesy CNCS. Reflecting Nureyev’s lifelong obsession with the details of fabric, decoration, and...
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Doris Humphreys: The Early Years 1895 – 1920
by Ann Barzel Doris Humphrey was born in Oak Park on October 17, 1895. Her father, Horace Buckingham Humphrey, was a journalist and one-time hotel manager. Her mother, Julia Ellen Wells, was a trained...
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Roland Petit’s Le jeune homme et la mort with Rudolf Nureyev & Zizi Jeanmaire
Le jeune homme et la mort was created in 1946 & this film is from 1966 Filed under: Dance History, Video Tagged: Le Jeune Homme et La Mort, Roland Petit, Rudolf Nureyev, Zizi Jeanmaire
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The Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble continues its ‘Sounds Of Sokolow’ Series...
Anna Sokolow The Sokolow Theatre Dance Ensemble, under the guidance of Artistic Director Jim May continues its Sound of Sokolow series with the reconstruction of Lyric Suite, choreographed by Anna...
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Rare Photo of Martha Graham and Rudolph Nureyev, 1975
Filed under: Dance History Tagged: Martha Graham, Rudolph Nureyev
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Sophie Maslow, 1911–2006: The Choreographer for the Working Class…
Sophie Maslow in her 1942 work Folksay. Photograph from the archives of the American Dance Festival. Sophie Maslow was the choreographer for the working class, setting dances to folk music and...
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Edward Villella (1936 -) by Lisa Traiger…
Edward Villella on the cover of Dance Magazine, 1966 Probably the most-celebrated American-born male ballet dancer, Edward Villella was a prime reason that a public, wedded to the idea that dancing,...
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‘L’apres-midi d’un Faune’ Performed by Rudolph Nureyev…
Premiere of L’après-midi d’un faune By Richard Cavendish | Published in History Today Volume: 62 Issue: 5 2012 Few ballets have enjoyed as sensational a first night as The Afternoon of a Faunby the...
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Mary Wigman: a dance pioneer with an awkward past….
by Judith Mackrell Would this modern dance pioneer be better known had she not fallen in step with the Nazis? As the debate gathers around the current imbalance between male and female choreographers,...
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Ballet Evolved – The First Four Centuries….
Former ballet mistress Ursula Hageli at an Insights event as she explores the evolution of ballet steps from the Baroque period to the present day, with a little help from Royal Ballet dancers Melissa...
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Sir Frederick Aston’s Monotones I & II….
Monotones I Emma Magiure, Akane Takada & Dawid Trzensmiech Choreography: Sir Frederick Ashton Music: Erik Satie (Trois Gnossiennes) Recorded Live at the Royal Opera House (London) on February 21,...
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La La La Human Steps – Human Sex (1985)….
La La La Human Steps’ Louise Lecavalier and Édouard Lock, the dance company’s founder, choreographer and artistic director. ‘Human Sex’ premiered in 1985 and rose the troupe to international...
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Maurice Béjart’s Songs of the Wayfarer (1971)….
Création au Forest National de Bruxelles – 1971 – Francette Levieux After the death of Paolo Bortoluzzi, Jorge Donn and Nureyev – all three died of the same illness – Maurice Béjart didn’t want “Songs...
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Loïe Fuller: Modern Dance Pioneer….
: Jules Chéret’s 1893 poster advertising Loïe Fuller’s performances at the Folies Bergère is one of the most iconic images of Art Nouveau. Utilizing the new technology of chromolithography, it...
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Rudolf Nureyev – Rebellious Genius Of Ballet….
Rudolf Nureyev – Rebellious Genius is the title of a new film about the great Russian dancer and choreographer. The premiere was held in St. Petersburg. The two-part documentary was made to commemorate...
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When Art Danced with Music: Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929….
Léon Bakst, Russian, 1866–1924, Costume design for Vaslav Nijinsky as the Faun from The Afternoon of a Faun, 1912, graphite, tempera, and gold paint on paper, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art,...
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Tamara Karsavina: Michel Fokine’s La Danse du Flambeau (1909)….
This is newly discovered film of Tamara Karsavina dancing Mikhail Fokine’s ‘La Danse du Flambeau’ (‘The Torch Dance’). This performance was filmed in 1909. Tamara Karsavina’s shoes are not reinforced...
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Carla Fracci & Paolo Bortoluzzi in Mikhail Fokine’s Le Spectre de la Rose ….
Michael Fokine’s 1911 ballet Le Spectre de la Rose tells the story of a young woman who returns from a ball and brings home a rose. She falls asleep in a chair and dreams of dancing with the spirit of...
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NY Post 1936 Review on the Premiere of Martha Graham’s Chronicle….
Library of Congress Filed under: Dance History Tagged: Anita Alverez, Anna Sokolow, Aza Ceskin, before a Catastrophe, Bonnie Bird, Dorothy Bird, Ethel Butler, Frieda Flier, Gertrude Shurr, Guild...
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Marie Tallchief (1925-2013)…
Maria Tallchief in George Balanchine’s Le Baiser de la Fée, one of many ballets in which the choreographer explored woman as muse and as unattainable object, a theme that is interwoven with his...
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