Five questions with Robert Battle, artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Posted on March 31, 2012 in Brand name shoes
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater makes its annual visit to Detroit this weekend with choreographer Robert Battle in the lead. Battle took over as artistic director last year, stepping into shoes filled for 21 years by former Ailey dancer Judith Jamison. Already the repertoire reflects his vision for America's foremost contemporary dance company.
Ballet BC's mixed bill features an intriguing, engaging blend
Posted on March 18, 2012 in Aldo shoes
Premieres by Canadians Aszure Barton and Emily Molnar joined by complex work from Swedish choreographer Johan Inger
Contemporary choreographers set Joffrey Ballet on fire
Posted on February 18, 2012 in Nike running shoes
If you had to identify the most influential dancemakers currently working on the international stage, it’s a good bet that the following three names would make it to the very top of the list: Wayne McGregor (resident choreographer of Britain’s Royal Ballet); William Forsythe (the New York-bred, Joffrey-trained dancer who was the longtime director of Germany’s Frankurt Ballet, and now ...
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Contemporary choreographers set Joffrey Ballet on fire
Posted on February 18, 2012 in Asics running shoes
If you had to identify the most influential dancemakers currently working on the international ballet stage, it’s a good bet that the following three names would make it to the very top of the list: Wayne McGregor (resident choreographer of Britain’s Royal Ballet); William Forsythe (the New York-bred, Joffrey-trained dancer who was the longtime director of Germany’s Frankurt Ballet, and now ...
Tags: ballet, choreographer, joffrey, william, forsythe
Contemporary choreographers set Joffrey Ballet on fire
Posted on February 13, 2012 in Nike running shoes
If you had to identify the most influential dancemakers currently working on the international stage, it’s a good bet that the following three names would make it to the very top of the list: Wayne McGregor (resident choreographer of Britain’s Royal Ballet); William Forsythe (the New York-bred, Joffrey-trained dancer who was the longtime director of Germany’s Frankurt Ballet, and now ...
Tags: ballet, choreographer, joffrey, william, forsythe
Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, moving onward and up, gets his own night at City Ballet
Posted on February 12, 2012 in Aldo shoes
NEW YORK, N.Y. - At the end of the all-Christopher Wheeldon evening at New York City Ballet this weekend, the choreographer came out alone for a curtain call. The crowd stood and cheered. It would have been a rare moment for any choreographer, let alone one who isn't yet 40.
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At City Ballet, a choreographer's happy homecoming
Posted on February 01, 2012 in Aldo shoes
At the end of the all-Christopher Wheeldon evening at New York City Ballet this weekend, the choreographer came out alone for a curtain call. The crowd stood and cheered. It would have been a rare moment for any choreographer, let alone one who isn't yet 40.
Ballet's 50th birthday fairytale
Posted on January 31, 2012 in Ballet shoes
THE Australian Ballet yesterday offered the nation's professional and would-be choreographers a chance to help it celebrate its 50th anniversary season.
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Rudi van Dantzig, Provocative Dutch Choreographer, Dies at 78
Posted on January 29, 2012 in Ballet shoes
Mr. van Dantzig’s mix of idealism and protest gave the Dutch National Ballet an international profile.
One Last Time
Posted on January 14, 2012 in Memory foam shoes
A Merce Cunningham Event, as the choreographer described it in a program note, is a performance of about 90 minutes, without intermission, “consist[ing] of complete dances, excerpts of dances from the repertory, and often new sequences for the particular performance and place, with the possibility of several separate activities happening at the same time to allow not so much an evening of dances ...
Tags: dances, performance, time, sequences, excerpts
One Last Time
Posted on January 14, 2012 in Easy spirit shoes
A Merce Cunningham Event, as the choreographer described it in a program note, is a performance of about 90 minutes, without intermission, “consist[ing] of complete dances, excerpts of dances from the repertory, and often new sequences for the particular performance and place, with the possibility of several separate activities happening at the same time to allow not so much an evening of dance ...
Tags: dance, performance, time, place, sequences
Reflecting On Wheeldon
Posted on January 08, 2012 in Jordan shoes
This winter (debuting Jan. 28) New York City Ballet will present its first-ever all Christopher Wheeldon program, featuring three works by the British-born choreographer and former NYCB soloist and Resident Choreographer.
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One Last Time
Posted on January 07, 2012 in Easy spirit shoes
A Merce Cunningham Event, as the choreographer described it in a program note, is a of about 90 minutes, without intermission, “consist[ing] of complete dances, excerpts of dances from the repertory, and often new sequences for the particular performance and place, with the possibility of several separate activities happening at the same time to allow not so much an evening of dance ...
Tags: dance, performance, time, place, sequences
Repetto and Inter Parfums Sign an Exclusive Fragrance License Agreement
Posted on December 09, 2011 in Make your own shoes
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Inter Parfums, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IPAR) today announced that it has entered into a 13-year worldwide license agreement with La Maison Repetto for the creation, development and distribution of fragrances under the Repetto brand, which starts on January 1, 2012. Created in 1947 by Rose Repetto at the request of her son, dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, Repetto is ...
World Ballet's 'Nutcracker' is as energetic as it is international
Posted on December 05, 2011 in Red wing shoes
By Mark Hinson Democrat senior writer -- If you're a dancer, be careful what you say around choreographer Henry Hernandez or you could find yourself up on the stage.
Tags: careful, dancer, writer, choreographer, henry
A swirl of a time
Posted on November 16, 2011 in Cheap shoes
Lar Lubovitch works his strengths, and his biggest strength is his swirl. The choreographer -- who’s done everything from ice dancing to Broadway (“The Red Shoes”) -- set three dances on his own company that, even if they’re a bit too similar, showcase what he does best. None...
'Dirty Dancing': Kenny Ortega to direct
Posted on August 23, 2011 in Brand name shoes
By Josh Rottenberg ''Michael Jackson's This Is It'' director worked as the choreographer on the original 1987 film
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B-Slade Rocks In “The Who’s Tommy’ At San Diego Rep
Posted on August 04, 2011 in Dansko shoes
B. Slade has morphed again, something he does at least once a decade. “Every ten years I go through a reinvention, an absolute change,” he says. This time the San Diego-born singer-songwriter-record producer-arranger-rapper-choreographer-dancer-musician formerly known as Tonex or Ton3x (pronounced Toe-nay), is realizing what he considers his greatest achievement to date—his first starring role ...
American Ballet Theater at Met Opera House - Review
Posted on June 05, 2011 in Nike running shoes
American Ballet Theater switches gears and brings new works by three top choreographers to the big stage at the Met.
A new chapter for Jacques d'Amboise
Posted on May 24, 2011 in Ballet shoes
The former New York City Ballet great has been busy after hanging up his dance shoes, including writing a memoir and planning a novel. In 1957, George Balanchine, co-founder and artistic director of New York City Ballet, revived his "Apollo," first created in 1928 for the Ballets Russes with an original score by Igor Stravinsky. The choreographer had summed up the piece as "a wild, untamed youth ...