Rachel’s blog @ View Rachel @ Juilliard Dance | Published: February 1, 2016 Category: profileBy Rachel Straus Pam Tanowitz is an ideal example of why we opted to call this column, which this month celebrates its seventh consecutive year, “New” Artist of the Month rather than “Young” Artist of the Month. We at MusicalAmerica.com believe in equal opportunity. Let’s hear it for late bloomers with unconventional career paths. […] Published: December 3, 2014 Category: profileBy Rachel Straus Thanks to Misty Copeland, gone are the days when a company dancer keeps her thoughts to herself and waits for the person in charge (usually a man) to give her the spotlight. The first Black, American Ballet Theatre soloist in more than two decades, Copeland has been increasingly vocal about two things: […] Published: June 1, 2012 Category: historyBy Rachel Straus Hanya Holm In 1931, a tiny German woman disembarked from an ocean liner onto a Manhattan pier to open a modern dance school based on principles of German expressionist dance. It was a risky move during the Great Depression, especially with America’s growing anti-immigrant sentiment. But the intrepid Hanya Holm […] Published: May 1, 2012 Category: historyBy Rachel Straus When approached to choreograph the 1954 film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Michael Kidd read the screenplay about woodsmen looking for wives and thought, “Surely, those guys would never dance.” His solution was to use a barn-raising competition as a jumping-off point for a number in which the brothers fought for the […] Published: February 27, 2012 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus NEW YORK — Back in 1996, when Les Ballets Monte Carlo made its U.S. debut, its artistic director Jean-Christophe Maillot was perceived as having the most American looking of European ballet companies. New York Times dance critic Anna Kisselgoff described BMC’s offerings as “neoclassical.” This was code for Balanchine, whose work the […] Published: May 1, 2010 Category: compositionThis is an excerpt from Writing About Dance. By Rachel Straus Class: Dance composition or any studio dance class Objectives: To make connections among seeing, writing, and moving; to improve self-awareness, critical thinking, and descriptive writing Overview: Two assignments that involve teaching and learning movement, watching movement, and writing about it At some point […] Published: September 1, 2007 Category: profileBy Rachel Straus Erin Baiano discovered her new career the day her boss double-booked himself. Veteran dance photographer, Paul Kolnik had agreed to shoot New York City Ballet in Manhattan and to take pictures of Hairspray in Seattle on the same day. Before rushing to the airport, he gave his 25-year-old administrative assistant an […] |