"(It's) the artist's willingness to be completely vulnerable on a stage. … Tutus and tiaras — that's a very, very dated and small idea of what ballet is. Beauty in ballet is that willingness to share for the sole purpose of making somebody feel something that they've never felt before." - PaperCity (Texas)
While Boal emphasizes that changes at PNB go beyond numbers, the numbers do reflect the company’s cultural shift. PNB’s current roster of 45 dancers (expanding to 47 in November) is now more than 50% Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). - Crosscut
After 11 years under three successive leaders from overseas — Ethan Stiefel, Francesco Ventriglia, and Patricia Barker — and a certain amount of discord under the last two, the company has appointed Ty King-Wall, a dancer, choreographer, and teacher who was, for a decade, a principal at the Australian Ballet. - Stuff (New Zealand)
As trainees and apprentices, dancers may perform on professional stages for years without being compensated. Not everyone can afford to work for free—much less to pay for the privilege. - Dance Magazine
"They may only be three but they are a horde. They are (La)Horde. … How did the threesome end up as artistic directors of Ballet National de Marseille? While they were visiting Los Angeles, …" - The New York Times
Because he makes ballets so quickly and in little bits, only at the very end of the process does it all come together. Sometimes he’s willing to take risks and even drag people along who aren’t fully on board—and then only at the end, they’re like, “Okay, now I get it.” - The Observer
More than 50 former students told the BBC about issues, saying they had developed eating disorders, "while some said they had been left with mental health problems." - BBC
Instead, "they have become classics, cornerstones of the international repertory, ... danced everywhere by all the major ballet companies and most of the minor ones, too." - The New York Times
In 2022, New York City Ballet was considering a grim spiral of loss. Now young audiences are helping grow the budget. What happened? - The New York Times
In new research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we show how the strength of synchronisation in a network depends on the structure of the connections between its members – whether they be brain cells, fireflies, or groups of dancers. - The Conversation
"'Nothing was going well!' (director Chelsea) McMullan recalls. 'Sean (O'Neill, the writer and producer) and I were terrified: 'We're filming Karen Kain's production as a nosedive bonfire!'' … Yet both projects miraculously came together." - The Globe and Mail (Canada)
Tiago Guedes says that Lyon "is known as a dance city, but it was designed for touring rather than creation: The Maison de la Danse only has one stage, with 1,000 seats to fill and no space for residencies." That is soon going to change. - Dance Magazine
"'At one point I couldn't move my left leg at all, and my therapist told me, just move it on a molecular level.' It was an interesting reply to a choreographer who would often give this same rehearsal note to his dancers. 'We forget how many things the brain controls.'" - iNews
"While others try to persuade me that Acosta is a diehard Sabbath fan, he's a little more careful. He's Cuban, and Sabbath meant nothing to him as a kid because rock'n'roll was taboo, he explains. But he understands what they represented. 'I'm working class – I am Black Sabbath." - The Guardian
