Maria Kochetkova as Gap model

Hitting the stage with mobile devices, part of a national advertising campaign for Gap Inc. and Visa, may be new for Kochetkova, 30, but welcoming technology into something of a grand pas de deux with the discipline-obsessed world of ballet is not. Having a toe expertly en pointe in both realms is key to her… Continue reading Maria Kochetkova as Gap model

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Adagio Act

The Ganjou Brothers and Juanita plus a 1980s interview. Note the female conductor! [via Keiko Okuno]

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Glass Pieces is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Philip Glass music

Glass Pieces is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Philip Glass’ Rubric and Façades from Glassworks and excerpts from his opera Akhnaten. The premiere took place on Thursday, May 12th, 1983, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. The production was designed by the choreographer and Ronald Bates,… Continue reading Glass Pieces is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Philip Glass music

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SF Ballet in Helgi Tomasson’s “Don Quixote”

The classic favorite returns! Helgi Tomasson and Yuri Possokhov’s thrilling and visually resplendent Don Quixote features some of the most virtuosic dancing in the classical repertory and a dazzling array of costumes by the late Tony Award winner Martin Pakledinaz. Don’t miss the funny and romantic ballet the Huffington Post called “a three-act collection of… Continue reading SF Ballet in Helgi Tomasson’s “Don Quixote”

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SF Ballet in Helgi Tomasson’s “Giselle”

Perhaps George Balanchine said it best: “Like Hamlet, Giselle is a classic…people go to see Giselle and to see ballerinas dance it for the same reason we go to see new interpretations of Hamlet…we always discover something in it we hadn’t seen before.” Helgi Tomasson’s haunting Giselle showcases SF Ballet’s dancers in some of the… Continue reading SF Ballet in Helgi Tomasson’s “Giselle”

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