2001 and 2015 Prix de Lausanne#winners Misa Kuranaga, Momoko Hirata and Ryoichi Hirano at Bunkamura オーチャードホール (Orchard Hall).
Month: July 2015
The Royal Ballet: Symphonic Variations in the rehearsal room
Royal Ballet Principals Marianela Nuñez and Vadim Muntagirov perform a section of Frederick Ashton’s Symphonic Variations.
DUETS (1980) – Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 2011
Choreography: Merce Cunningham Music: John Cage Design: Mark Lancaster Dancers: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Marcie Mannerly and Silas Riener Recorded February 2011 in Ann Arbor, MI
NYC Ballet’s Amar Ramasar on Alexei Ratmansky’s PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Principal dancer Amar Ramasar talks about how working with Alexei Ratmansky pushed him to the limit in the choreographer’s fourth work for NYCB, Pictures at an Exhibition.
NYC Ballet’s Tyler Angle on Wheeldon’s MERCURIAL MANOEUVRES
Principal Dancer Tyler Angle discusses choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s unique style in Mercurial Manoeuvres, how Shostakovich’s playful humor comes out in his Piano Concerto No. 1, and what it takes for a male dancer to be a really good partner.
Malakhov with Shoko
From the BAJADERE by Vladimir Malakhov performance with guest Shoko Nakamura as Nikia and Mikhail Kaniskin as Solor at Deutsche Oper. [via Twitter]
G-Fit sponsors Prix de Lausanne winner Rina Kanehara
Rina in Honolulu. Visit G-Fit here. Photo via Facebook.
Misty Copeland marks history as first black principal dancer in ABT
American ballerina Misty Copeland has been promoted to the highest rank of the American Ballet Theatre, becoming the first African-American female principal dancer in the company’s history.