Stars of the International Ballet Stage
As seen at New York City Center, New York. Photographs by Steven Pisano
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For me, an undeniable highlight of Christmas 2024 was watching Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl with my family. The return of the beloved British stop-motion animated comedy—19 years after its last installment—saw the blundering Yorkshire-based inventor and his shrewd, trusty hound face off against an old foe, the dastardly penguin Feathers McGraw who hijacks Wallace’s latest AI robot invention to stage a jailbreak and a diamond heist.
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As seen at New York City Center, New York. Photographs by Steven Pisano
Continue ReadingWho says choreography can’t be taught? Not Ellen Robbins, a modern dance educator who has been teaching the art of choreography to young people in Soho for decades.
Continue ReadingNever forget!” With the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and International Holocaust Remembrance Day both having been recognized last month, these words, although unspoken, coursed through Melissa Barak’s first evening-length ballet, “Memoryhouse.”
Continue ReadingTalk about having a banner year! In 2024 alone, dancer, choreographer and spoken word artist Shamel Pitts not only received a MacArthur Fellowship and the Doris Duke Award, but was also honored with the Knight Choreography Prize.
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