December 24, 2024
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‘Emilia Pérez’ Choreographer Damien Jalet Emerges from Awards Season’s Wings: ‘When Zoe Saldaña Arrived… I Was Like, There Is a God’
-Indie Wire
National Ballet of Ukraine looks to the future with wartime creation The Snow Queen — review
-Financial Times
Meet the Directors Who Prepare the Child Cast of The Nutcracker at New York City Ballet
-Playbill
Sparkling: The Royal Ballet in Cinderella
David Mead
Anna Rose O’Sullivan projected a gentle, modest, sweet Cinderella... her dance with the broom was wonderfully wistful and full of longing
Scene stealing: Tristram Kenton’s best theatre and dance shots of 2024
All photographs by Tristram Kenton
Wayne McGregor’s MaddAddam, the RSC’s School for Scandal and Robin/Red/Breast with Maxine Peake are among the highlights of the photographer’s work for the Guardian this year Continue reading...
Langton Green: Down's syndrome dance class celebrates anniversary
bbc.com
The classes in Kent offer bespoke sessions designed for young adults with Down’s syndrome.
The Trocks in New York: Jingle Belles Rock
Jerry Hochman
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
It’s becoming increasingly rare to end a performance year on a high. This is one of those rare years. The Trocks are in town, and it’s time to celebrate ...
Review: The Nutcracker with Rome Opera Ballet showing choreographer Paul Chalmer’s “wisdom, passion and finesse”
@gramilano
Donatella Bertozzi sees The Nutcracker in Rome and finds in Paul Chalmer “a strong narrator and an expert dance maker”.
My dance school is closed for the summer, how can I keep up my fitness?
Joanna Nicholas
If your mind and body are in need of a break from dance it’s more than OK to take time off. But if you want to keep exercising, here are some plans you can follow.
Capturing Raw Moments
stanceondance
The following illustrations are by Erica Wilson and were published in the fall/winter 2024 print publication of Stance on Dance. Enjoy!...
12 Standout Performances of 2024
Pointe Magazine
Each December, we look back on all of the memorable performances we’ve attended over the course of the year. Here are 12 our writers were especially excited about in 2024, listed in chronological order. ...
Dancer Diary: My Reality TV Journey
Haley Hilton
In the video series Dancer Diary, Haley Hilton chronicles her life as a dancer in New York City. Here, Hilton discusses her experience on the reality TV show “Second Chance Stage.” For more Dancer Diary videos, visit Dance Magazine’s YouTube channel. The post Dancer Diary: My Reality TV Journey appeared first on Dance Magazine.
Interweaving Indigenous Principles: Visual Art and Landscape Design in the New Doris Duke Theatre
Lucy Kudlinski
Visitors who walk the grounds and lobby of the reimagined Doris Duke Theatre in summer 2025 will be surrounded by the creative efforts of Indigenous...
LADP’s search for ‘The Missing Mountain’
Steven Vargas
L.A. Dance Project’s remounting of Bobbi Jene Smith + Or Schraiber’s “The Missing Mountain” arrives over a year after it premiered in September 2023. It begins the same: the floor is red, the room is hazy, and the dancers are still. However, the next steps are unique.
Dance: Sarah Crompton’s five best shows of 2024
Sarah Crompton
A life-changing crash revisited, a rapturous duet for Matthew Ball and Alina Cojocaru and an everyday story of medieval fantasy Read the Observer critics’ review of 2024 in full1. Assembly Hall
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