June 2012
25 posts
For SYTYCD's 200th Episode - 200 Moves in 200...
For the 200th episode of So You Think You Can Dance, a great video that featuring 200 moves from the show in 200 seconds
Zora Semberova, the First Juliet
In a suburban street in Adelaide, a 99-year old woman lives with her dog, Mischa. He’s the second dog in her life, following Sasa, named in memory of her former mentor in Prague.
Zora Semberova can’t see very clearly these days, and her grasp of English is fading, but music remains a vital part of her life. She loves to listen to ballet music in particular, but even without a CD playing, she...
Father of Ballet, George Balanchine & His Dancing...
George Balanchine was thought to be one of the greatest choreographers of the Twentieth Century. First working with Sergei Diaghilev and his Ballet Russes. Years later he settled in NYC to create the School of American Ballet, later the NYC Ballet. Balanchine worked closely with Igor Stravinsky and together with his choreography and Igor’s score, modern ballet had a prominent place on...
WatchTanaquil LeClercq - Balanchine’s Lost Muse
Above - La Valse with Tanaquil LeClercq and Nicholas Magaallanes, 1951
Choreography: George Balanchine (1951)
Music: Maurice Ravel (piano accompaniment by Dianne Chilgren added to video in 1994) Recorded at Jacob’s Pillow: August, 1951
Only fifteen when she made her professional debut with two solos at Jacob’s Pillow in 1945,...
The Australian Ballet Puts New Twist on 'Swan...
Originally published on Dance Enthusiast
As Graeme Murphy, choreographer for The Australian Ballet, said in a recent company podcast interview, “You can’t avoid Swan Lake, can you? You’re sure to run into it somewhere in you’re life. You’d have to be on Mars not to be exposed to it.”
The Australian Ballet’s Swan Lake, choreographed by Graeme...
i couldn't have said it better.
livelovedancex:
“You have to love dancing to stick to it. It gives you nothing back, no manuscripts to store away, no paintings to show on walls and maybe hang in museums, no poems to be printed and sold, nothing but that single fleeting moment when you feel alive.”
-Merce Cunningham
Children are Listening: What They Should Hear
I stumbled across this beatiful post, They are Listening and wanted to share.
With our busy, day to day lives, sometimes it is easy to forget to be really present and ‘talk’ to our children. Of course they know we love them, but sometimes we forget the things that they need to hear, and hear often. 1. I love you! There is nothing that will make me stop loving you. Nothing you could do...
Rare Photos & Clips of Young Margot Fonteyn &...
I came across this scrapbook scanned and uploaded onto Flickr by “Pagan555″ and posted on 50 Years in Dance. It is a sensational record of the stars of Sadler’s Wells, a young Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann and features what must be signed press photographs from all the main productions at Sadler’s Wells in the late 30s and early 40s.
Here is a clip of 18 yr old Fonteyn performing with...
Pretty Vintage Tutus from The Royal Opera House...
Tutu worn by Fiona Chadwick as The Fairy Winter in Act I scene 2 of The Royal Ballet production of ‘Cinderella’ (1987)
Tutu worn by Anya Linden as Cinderella in Act III of The Royal Ballet production of ‘Cinderella’ (1948)
Tutu worn by Nadia Nerina as Cinderella in Act III of the Sadler’s Wells Ballet production of ‘Cinderella’ (1948)
Tutu worn by Vergie Derman as Odette in Acts...
Christian Dior Ballgowns from the 1940's &1950's
This gown is worn by actress Eva Green wears in the ad for the Dior fragrance Midnight Poison. It is a real work of art in itself with its complex structure and embroideries.
