Balanchine is an unusual subject for what critics like to call, and I’ll go there, a magisterial biography. He was a shy, somewhat receding figure. He had a facial tic, a nervous fluttering under one eye, that got him called “the rat” as a child. - The New York Times
Real hula is primal, archetypal, esoteric and ever- evolving. And it’s now shared digitally all over the world. This is a good thing, because it helps authentic hula spread, not just via more hula schools but also through conferences, theatrical performances and festivals in the 50th state. - Dance Magazine
"Unlike the members of the Boston Ballet, who are on season-long salary, local contemporary troupes pay their dancers by the hour for rehearsals and performances." BDT's founder "hopes to put the six-member troupe on salary by next year and hire a development director and a booking agency." - WBUR
The 50-year-old company named Jonathan Batista, a dancer from Brazil who trained in England, as principal. He says, "It takes a lot of willingness and discipline for you to really maintain the integrity of who you are as a person." - KOMO (Seattle)
Barbara Delo started with the company in September 2021, shortly after having a baby, and was dismissed this past July. She claims that she was discriminated against for being a nursing mother and reprimanded for bringing her infant to work and on tours. - The New York Times
"Sydney Dance Company artistic director Rafael Bonachela has had his contract renewed for another five years, which will take his tenure to 19 years and one of the longest in recent memory at a major (Australian) performing arts organisation." - Australian Financial Review
"Forget Hollywood images of lithe women in coconut bras and grass skirts. ... Real hula is primal, archetypal, esoteric and ever- evolving. And it's now shared digitally all over the world." - Dance Magazine
"(Dancers in particular have) expressed frustration with virtual auditions due to the cost involved and the feeling that their tapes were not being watched." - The Hollywood Reporter
Jumping remains a challenge; and regaining power has been difficult. “My tendon that severed feels different,” he said. “It feels like a foreign entity. Like I’ve been returned from a U.F.O., and I’m just a little different.” - The New York Times
One defining characteristic of Sergei Diaghilev’s personality, complementary to his capacity to make things happen and get things done, was a low boredom threshold. - LitHub
A dance residency is a relatively avant-garde move for an art museum. Now imagine using museum spaces as dance workshops and, literally, pop-up theaters, where performers might jump, leap or spin (carefully) in view of priceless paintings, artifacts and sculptures. - Washington Post
Isadora Duncan once famously claimed that if she could tell you what she meant, there would be no point in dancing it. That attitude—that dancers should be seen and not heard—continues to pervade the concert dance scene. - Dance Magazine
Taking the helm of an unhappy company is José Carlos Martinez, a 53-year-old Spaniard, who spent 23 years dancing therey, 14 of them as an étoile, before retiring from the stage in 2011 and serving for eight years as director of Spain's Compañía Nacional de Danza. - The New York Times
The American-born and -trained choreographer, now 83, became artistic director of the then-under-resourced company in 1973 and led it to world-class status, creating over 160 works as well. He retires at the end of next season, in August of 2024. - Pointe Magazine
Demis Volpi, a 35-year-old Argentine-German choreographer who trained in Buenos Aires, Toronto, and Stuttgart, has been artistic director of the Ballett am Rhein Düsseldorf/Duisburg since 2020. - Dance for You Magazine (Germany)
