DANCE VIDEO COVERAGE - PAGE 1

STAGE TUBE: Promo - DANCE: MADE IN CANADA / FAIT AU CANADA

Artistic Director Yvonne Ng, with guest curators Serge Bennathan and Cylla von Tiedemann, have released the trailer for princess productions' biennial dance: made in canada / fait au canada (d:mic/fac) festival, which runs August 14-17 at the Betty Oliphant Theatre in Toronto. Click below to watch! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Behind the Scenes - A DANCER'S DREAM: TWO WORKS BY STRAVINSKY with NY Phil

Go behind-the-scenes of A Dancer's Dream: Two Works by Stravinsky, a theatrical reimagining of the ballets The Fairy's Kiss and Petrushka starring New York City Ballet Principal Dancer Sara Mearns, with video and photography from the making-of the production. In the video below, director/designer Doug Fitchand producer Edouard Getaz, of the creative team Giants Are Small, share their inspiration behind the wintery wonderland they have created, and explore and demonstrate the innovative live animation and puppetry techniques being used. Click to watch! (more...)

VIDEO: TICK TOCK BOOM CLAP Celebrates National Tap Dance Day

The folks behind the feature length romantic comedy 'Tick Tock Boom Clap' invited dancers and non-dancers nationwide to submit video clips performing the very simple tap step 'tick tock boom clap' in honor of National Tap Dance Day. Click below to watch! (more...)

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Kaeja d'Dance's X-ODUS and CRAVE in Rehearsal

In just a few weeks, Toronto's Kaeja d'Dance, the award-winning company led by husband-and-wife choreographers Allen and Karen Kaeja, presents the world premiere of X-ODUS and Crave, a new double-bill that delivers two takes on intimacy - one from each half of this passionate couple. X-ODUS and Crave probes unsettled solitude and the attempt to reconnect for an evening of deeply resonant, dynamic encounters from Tuesday, May 7 to Saturday, May 11 a tEnwave Theatre as part of Harbourfront Centre's NextSteps. Click below to watch snippets of both pieces in rehearsal! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Dance Theatre of Tennessee's CINDERELLA

Join Dance Theatre of Tennessee as they present Tom Pazik's charming re-telling of this classic fairytale filled with romance and comedy, mesmerizing dance, and hilarious fun for the entire family. Beautiful and grand, funny and touching, with a grand score by Prokofiev, Cinderella has been called the perfect ballet experience for newcomers, young audiences and seasoned aficionados. Check out a fun teaser for the show below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at National Ballet of Canada's Sultry CARMEN

Carmen. The very title conjures up images of sultry, physical passion, unleashed emotions and anguished eroticism. Davide Bombana's 2006 one-act interpretation of the Carmen story, so familiar to audiences through Bizet's opera, brought all of these qualities to the stage in an unforgettable flourish of dazzling balletic intensity. Get a sneak peek at this beautiful new production below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Marie Chouinard's THE GOLDEN MEAN (LIVE) Dances On To Canadian Stage 5/8-12

Everything about this piece - choreography, music, set, costumes; even the long catwalk that extends into the audience - is stunning. Following the success of Chouinard's Orpheus and Eurydice (featured in Canadian Stage's 2011.12 season), another of her internationally- acclaimed shows arrives for a one-week run in May 2013. Watch an excerpt below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Gabriela Zucckero Shares the Stage with The Rockettes and June Taylor Dancers in TAP! PART TWO!

The prestigious Dancers Over 40's Ensemble comprised of Radio City Music Hall's The Rockettes and the June Taylor Dancers announces the debut of their performance TAP! Part Two! on March 4(th), 2013 at 8PM at St. Luke's Theatre in New York. Donating the evening's performance to the archives at Lincoln's Center Library of the Arts, this historical event will also introduce dance performances by rising star, 14-year-old Gabriela Zucckero from Sewickley, PA. Gabriela, with over 11 years of dance training at the Karen Prunzik Dance Studio, was hand-picked to be a part of the evening's historical repertoire of dance. Check out the video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek at GRUPO CORPO, Making Houston Premiere, 3/14

Brazil's leading contemporary dance troupe, Grupo Corpo, will make its Houston debut with two performances, Thursday, March 14, and Friday, March 15, at 8 p.m. in the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater, presented by Society for the Performing Arts. BroadwayWorld has a first look below. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - Toronto Dance Theatre's EVERYDAY ANTHEMS, Coming to Harbourfront Centre

TDT presents Everyday Anthems, March 6-9, 2013, a brand new work by choreographer Heidi Strauss, presented as part of Harbourfront Centre's World Stage. Everyday Anthems delicately poses the question 'how did we end up here?', exploring anthems as a metaphor for overcoming obstacles, for things unrequited, for personal strength and belonging. Watch the video for a sneak peek! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Frederick Ashton's A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY, February 12, 1976

A Month in the Country, considered one of Frederick Ashton's most affecting and beautiful ballets, premiered on February 12, 1976. Based on the late 19th-century play by Ivan Turgenev, the ballet tells the story of the hopeless love of Natalia, the bored wife of a wealthy landowner, for her son's tutor, Alexei, in mid 19th century Russia. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: George Balanchine's THE NUTCRACKER Premieres on February 2, 1954

February 2, 1954 marks the 59th anniversary of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. Wasn't the ballet presented in December? No, you are wrong. It was first unveiled by the New York City Ballet in 1954 for a few performances. It proved so popular that the company presented the ballet for an extended December run in 1954. It's been like that to this day. (more...)

VIDEO: Mikhail Baryshnikov and Iraq War Photographer Ben Lowy Appear on CAPTURE

In this episode of CAPTURE, Mark Seliger sits down with legendary dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and award-winning war photographer Ben Lowy to discuss their photography, work and where their careers have taken them. Click below to watch! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Antony Tudor's LILAC GARDEN Premiere, January 26, 1936

Antony Tudor's Jardin aux Lilas (also known by its American title Lilac Garden) was first presented by Ballet Rambert on January 26, 1936 at the Mercury Theatre in London. Set in the Edwardian era to music by Ernest Chausson the ballet depicts the story of a young woman who is engaged to a man she does not love, pitted against her passion for the man she cannot marry. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Maria Tallchief, Born January 24, 1925

Maria Tallchief, the first Native American to win acclaim as a prima ballerina, was born on January 24, 1925. While she worked with many companies and choreographers, she is most renowned for her collaboration with George Balanchine, first at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and then, most importantly and famously, at the New York City Ballet. She was married to Balanchine from 1946 until 1952, when the marriage was annulled. Despite this interruption in their private lives they continued their professional association. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: RAYMONDA PREMIERE - January 19, 1898

On this date in 1898 Raymonda premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. The production had music by Alexander Glazunov, choreography by Marius Petipa and an all star cast (for its day) that included Pierina Legnani, Sergey Legat, Olga Peobrajenska and Pavel Gerdt. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: BALANCHINE BALLET Anniversaries - January 17

January 17 marks the anniversary of two famous George Balanchine ballets, Stars and Stripes and A Midsummer Night's Dream. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alonzo King LINES Ballet Merge Talents

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and San Francisco-based Alonzo King LINES Ballet - currently celebrating their 35th and 30th anniversary seasons, respectively - perform together in four notable American dance venues this spring. These first-time joint presentations include the debut of a New Work by LINES Ballet's founder and director, award-winning choreographer Alonzo King. Watch the video below to learn more about this unprecedented collaboration between dance companies! (more...)

THE ROCKETTES MASTER CLASS Comes to Seattle, 1/12

The Rockettes announce a new dance program, The Rockettes Master Class, as the Rockettes travel to cities across the U.S. providing dance students that cannot make it to New York the opportunity to learn alongside the legendary Rockettes and what it takes to become a part of the iconic dance company. The class will take place in Seattle on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Century Ballroom. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Dancer Raffaele Morra Talks the Trocks at Birmingham Hippodrome

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo will play Birmingham Hippodrome, 1-2 Feb 2013. In the video below, go backstage at the world-famous Follies Bergere in Paris to talk to dancer Raffaele Morra about his life with the troupe! (more...)

VIDEO: Trailer - NYC's AMERICAN REALNESS 2013 Festival

American Realness, the acclaimed festival that has established itself as 'spunky, smart' and 'a stronghold of forward-thinking, category-defying performance' (The New York Times), will run January 10-20, 2013. Check out the festival trailer below! (more...)

The Ballet I Did Not See in 2012

2012 did not bring the two works I've been anticipating for years: choreography to Schubert's Fifth Symphony and Haydn's Symphony no. 100, also known as the Military. I'll probably never get to see them but since it's the end of 2012 I can keep dreaming. Every year I read about choreographers and dance companies commissioning new music from conservatories, graduate schools or established composers. Sometimes (but rarely) it's good, most times forgettable (I am sure that I hear rumblings already.) So I'm putting in my two cents for Schubert and Haydn, both of whom have had works choreographed to their music, but not my particular symphonies. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Inside the Studio with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's CASI-CASA

In the video below, go inside the studio with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago's Ana Laguna and Mariko Aoyama, who discuss staging the emotional and evocative 'Casi-Casa' for Hubbard Street, along with Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton and dancers Meredith Dincolo and Jonathan Fredrickson. (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Spangles Dance Company Performs at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

The Spangles Dance Company appeared in the 2012 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City last Thursday, November 22. Check out these ladies rocking to the '80s in the video below! (more...)

STAGE TUBE: Judith FLEX Helle Talks LIFT TICKET at World Dance Awards 2012

Below, check out an interview with DancePlug host G Madison and Judith FLEX Helle prior to the 2012 World Dance Awards. Judith was nominated for her Luminario Ballet ballet/aerial dance fusion piece 'Lift Ticket' in the Outstanding Choreographer in the Concert/Live Performance category. (more...)