See highlights from the 2014 World Ballet Day Live broadcast that original streamed on October 1, 2014. 3:26 Don Quixote Rehearsal 6:27 RAkU Rehearsal 9:34 Concerto Grosso Rehearsal 12:31 Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude Rehearsal
Month: November 2014
Royal Ballerinas up for Auction
Photographs of the Royal Danish Ballet from the acclaimed exhibition “The Essence of Ballet” by fine art photographer Ingrid Bugge will go under the hammer at a special auction in December. For two years, the Danish fine art photographer Ingrid Bugge followed the elegant dancers of the Royal Danish Ballet. The result this spring included… Continue reading Royal Ballerinas up for Auction
The New York City Ballet in six PlayStation commercials
You beat your friends. Make sure they never forget with a victory dance from the world’s greatest dancers, the New York City Ballet. Instagram your own victory dance for a chance to win a PS4 system for you and a friend. Tag it #PS4DanceContest. Learn more at GreatnessAwaits.com/PS4DanceContest. [via Kim Jong Anderson / Signal.dk]
Malakhov comes to Monaco
Christmas Ballet in Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen with costumes and scenography designed by the Queen of Denmark
Choreography by Peter Bo Bendixen. Performances from November 20, 2014.
William Forsythe & Benjamin Millepied performance in Seoul
Tonight! [via Sojung An]
E-traces is a concept mobile app for ballet dancers
Design and production of technologic pointé shoes allowing ballet dancers to recreate their movements in digital pictures using a mobile application included in the kit of the purchased product. The concept of Electronic Traces is based on capturing dance movements and transforming them into visual sensations through the use of new technologies. To do this… Continue reading E-traces is a concept mobile app for ballet dancers
Disportrait – a documentary about Nacho Duato
After two decades as artistic director of Compañía Nacional de Danza in Madrid, and after having turned the dance company into one of the most renowned and successful in the world, the Spanish dance icon Nacho Duato is suddenly fired. The dismissal sends shock waves through the dance world, and is followed by rumours of… Continue reading Disportrait – a documentary about Nacho Duato
Ballet 422
From first rehearsal to world premiere, BALLET 422 takes us backstage at New York City Ballet as Justin Peck, a young up-and-coming choreographer, crafts a new work. BALLET 422 illuminates the process behind the creation of a single ballet within the ongoing cycle of work at one of the world’s great ballet companies. In theatres… Continue reading Ballet 422