This is a big anniversary year for one of the most prolific contributors to our local dance scene, Colorado Springs Dance Theatre . For 40 years, this group has brought professional dance companies to our city and enriched local arts through dance classes, scholarship opportunities and performances by local dancers.
Category: Ballet
Ballerina, lion tamer found love at the circus
Love can conquer and sustain all, even when two people come from different cultures on separate continents and have very different goals for the future. Luis Palacio was born in Mexico, into, he says, a family where the two most important things were animals and the military.
Twelve Questions with Roger Murray
Roger Murray has spent two decades making monsters, gore and weapons for film and TV shows like Narnia, Spartacus and the Evil Dead at his workshop in Henderson. The props, prosthetics and make-up designer has created a giant animated cat for a play at the Herald Theatre this month.
Smuin Dancers Create New Works for 2017 Choreography Showcase 3/10-11
… and bringing new contemporary choreographic voices to the Smuin stage. by Sondra Forsyth – China Arts and Entertainment Group (CAEG) returned to the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center on… If the current state of U.S. relations with Russia …
Bridgeport ballet dancer is also a dragster and a singer
James Whiteside as Uhu Betch, the sassy dragster and a member of the New York downtown divas known as the Dairy Queens. James Whiteside as Uhu Betch, the sassy dragster and a member of the New York downtown divas known as the Dairy Queens.
Opening Ceremony swap runway for an evening at the ballet
In this Jan 26, 2017 photo, Gretchen Smith, top, dances in Justin Peck’s “The Times Are Racing” in New York. Known for unconventional approaches to showing its clothes, the Opening Ceremony label swapped the runway entirely this Fashion Week for an evening at the ballet.
A show of virtuosos, ‘Swan Lake’ shimmers with strong women
Misty Copeland and James Whiteside in “Swan Lake.” Copeland’s performance was winsome, but she fell short in the third act’s 32 fouettes en tournant.
Free things to do in central Pa. as January ends
Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, “Middle of Nowhere” follows Ruby, a bright medical student who sets aside her dreams and suspends her career when her husband is incarcerated. Rated R. Dickinson will present a faculty brass ensemble concert.
Leading lady Vanessa Williams is Nevada Ballet Theatre’s Woman of the Year
… the 33rd Annual Nevada Ballet Theatre Black & White Ball on Saturday at Aria. With a career at the top of the entertainment industry for 28 years, Vanessa doesn’t hide the fact that she’s 53 and as beautiful as ever. NBT co-founder Nancy Houssels …
At 24, Jacob Jonas hashtags his dance company into the spotlight
Jacob Jonas the Company pauses during rehearsal for the Wallis show. From left, Jeremy Julian Grandberry, Kimberly Bridgewater, Lamonte Goode, Jill Wilson, Jacob Jonas, Marissa Labog, Anibal Sandoval, Brooklynn Reeves, Nic Walton and Charissa Kroeger.
Ballet dancer says she’s losing job because she’s too tall
A 5-foot-11 dancer who performed as the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Pennsylvania Ballet’s Nutcracker this season says she’s being dropped from the company because she’s too tall.
DFW dance groups were en pointe in 2016
Leticia Oliveira and Jiyan Dai dance as the Texas Ballet Theater performs “Carmen’ in a September dress reheasal at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas. That’s still the consensus , but this year, Texas Ballet Theater was more interesting than it has been in about a decade – due to more mixed repertory programs and commissions by established and up-and-coming choreographers.
Willa Kim, Tony-winning costume designer, dies on Vashon Island
Willa Kim, the petite and unfailingly elegant theatrical costume designer whose exuberant, sometimes over-the-top designs brought her two Tony Awards and a solid reputation for innovation in the dance world, died Friday on Vashon Island. She was 99. A friend, Richard Schurkamp, confirmed her death.
Top 10 things to do
In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who step up to do extraordinary things.
Madison Ballet keeps Christmas tradition alive despite rocky year
A lot of hard work and sore muscles have gone into preparing the Madison Ballet’s rendition of the Nutcrackers. It’s not uncommon for little girls to have ballerina dreams, and for Reikersdorfer her dream started becoming a reality with Madison Ballet’s rendition of the Nutcracker.