by Kyra Laubacher | Feb 29, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
As we enter March, six companies across North America prepare to honor Women’s History Month with unique mixed bills that elevate the female voice in ballet. The lineup includes a collaborative program fusing dance and visual art, celebrations of established and...
by Kyra Laubacher | Mar 20, 2023 | News, The Latest
It’s not a new phenomenon for choreographers to collaborate with visual artists. Whether through costume and set design, onstage sculpture or, more recently, performances in exhibit spaces, dance and the visual arts have long maintained an ongoing partnership. It is...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Feb 12, 2020 | News, The Latest
There’s a famous lithograph of Jules Perrot’s Pas de Quatre, which had its debut in 1845 at London’s Her Majesty’s Theatre. The print depicts four of the most celebrated ballerinas of the time—Carlotta Grisi, Marie Taglioni, Lucile Grahn and...
by Marissa DeSantis | Dec 6, 2018 | Everything Nutcracker
With so many productions of the Nutcracker taking place this month, it’s no surprise that companies are looking to put their own spin on the holiday classic. At Brooklyn Ballet, that switch-up comes courtesy of fiber optic tutus that literally light up the stage...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 2, 2018 | Career, Profiles
In 2016, choreographer Jeremy McQueen founded the Black Iris Project with the aim of bringing together predominantly minority dancers each summer to create works that celebrate diversity and black history. This year, he’s mixing it up. In honor of South African...
by Rachel Hellwig | Nov 12, 2017 | Everything Nutcracker
Nutcracker-ed out? Or just can’t get enough holiday ballets? These unique Nutcracker interpretations and non-Nutcracker productions will make your season bright. The Hip Hop Nutcracker Through December 30 Tchaikovsky’s masterful Nutcracker score...
by Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
“Wearable tech” usually means something like Google Glass. But now, it can apply to ballet dancers too. Brooklyn Ballet teamed up with local hacking collective NYC Resistor to make wearable tech for the company’s Nutcracker. The results of their...