    | Published: July 20, 2011 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus NEW YORK — There was a surprise star of the Mariinsky Ballet’s “Anna Karenina,” which had its U.S. premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House July 11-14, and she wasn’t a member of the famed company from St. Petersburg. Based on a novel by the great Russian realist writer Leo Tolstoy, choreographed by […] Published: June 28, 2011 Category: reviewBy Rachel Straus NEW YORK – Judging from its recent, six-performance visit to the former New York State Theater, the world’s third-oldest ballet company has lost none of its famous buoyancy. Not seen in Manhattan for 23 years, the Royal Danish Ballet still jumps as if dancing on a trampoline-lined stage. Which is all to […] Published: March 1, 2005 Category: career talkInside three New York City studios, 48 young ballet dancers work intensely, absorbing three vastly different pieces of choreography. Every second counts as all eyes focus on a coach. This figure—singing out counts, correcting, demonstrating, and encouraging with exclamations like “Breathe. Extend. Good!”—is giving each dancer an invaluable opportunity: A chance to shine at the […] |
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