A Ballerina’s Big Gamble
One of the great ballerinas of our time is (sort of) coming out of retirement for one special dance. Alessandra Ferri is also proving age is just a number.
The Dog Days of Dancing at the American Ballet Theatre
There’s a new routine for ballerinas at the ABT. The dancers bring their dogs to the studio for a little fun and stress relief.
Tattoos and Toe Shoes? Hmm…
Tattoos and dancers seem at once counter-intuitive (“Swan Lake” and a tramp stamp? Quelle horreur!) and logical (Dancers turn their bodies into art, so…).
The Life and Death of a Pointe Shoe
For dancers, pointe shoes are a tool, a source of frustration and pain, a symbol of the impossible quest for perfection. And they have an iconology all their own.
