The Trocks were never interested in making a political statement, their artistic director said. “We are men doing performances of ballet in drag for comedic purposes.” ...
Melissa Hamilton said it was "so special" to perform at the Grand Opera House When you think of the world of ballet, the image of a dancer in a tutu and tiara, standing en pointe might come to mind.
Paris Opera has lost more than $13.3 million in a month-long strike by ballet dancers fighting to cling onto pension rights that date back ... While the opera has seen plenty of strikes by stagehands, ...
But Acosta is going one step further by introducing socially distanced costumes in the form of extra wide tutus for the brand-new mixed bill Lazuli Sky. It is the first one-act ballet commissioned ...
That meant wearing tutus and dancing en pointe, something that was an act of rebellion, against the dance community, and the world as a whole. In Rebels on Pointe, we go behind the scenes and find ...