The ballet look is in vogue. “Balletcore” — think tulle, leggings, leg warmers etc. — can be seen on runways with "freaky tutus" and in department stores with Miu Miu’s popular $1,000 flats, on TikTok ...
Upstairs in a lofty studio at the Margaret Alkek William Center for Dance, there's something a little different about Monday's afternoon class. Some of the male dancers wear cargo-style joggers and ...
Christopher Wheeldon has a guilty secret. “I grew up listening to Phantom of the Opera,” he says. “As an 11-year-old, those big blockbuster musicals were everything. Seeing Starlight Express: it was ...
When we think of ballet, we often imagine lithe, lean, long-limbed ballerinas gracefully and effortlessly performing demanding technical feats. However, maintaining a body that fulfills this aesthetic ...
When you go to the ballet, you often see female dancers in the spotlight. But in one special piece, it's the male dancer who is all alone and center stage. For the first time in six years, Boston ...
In a professional ballet company the strong male ballet dancer is every bit as important as the dazzling ballerina, which is why the Westside School of Ballet is encouraging boys to step into the ...
In 2020, Rafi Maldonado-Lopez, artistic director of the “Men Who Dance” all-male dance festival and founder of the Inter-American Choreographic Institute, introduced the inaugural program as a bold ...