Tag: Ballet

A young girl named Claire passed away from bone cancer at age 12, leaving her family devastated.
English National Ballet's unique production of Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall is performed in the round, offering a fresh perspective for viewers with the removal of traditional seating.
Christopher Wheeldon's modern interpretation of Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" returns to the Royal Opera House a decade after its debut, offering a fresh take on this less familiar play through enchanting choreography.
Johan Inger's reinterpretation of Carmen through dance at Sadlers Wells by the English National Ballet focuses more on Don Jose than Carmen, portraying his downfall under her spell.
As part of the Royal Ballet's Festival of New Choreography at the Royal Opera House, four young choreographers presented innovative works challenging the traditional ballet repertoire.
Adam McKinney, the incoming artistic director of the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, has used dance as a way to explore his own Black, Jewish, and Native American heritage.
Beatrice Waterhouse, a Ph. D. student in sociology at the University of California, San Diego, has created a blog called People of the Barre to document the Jewish history of ballet.
Boysie Dikobe, a 28-year-old dancer with Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, is on a journey towards Judaism, with an official Conservative conversion planned for Rosh Hashanah.