ballet
The Royal Ballet at The Royal Opera House : Online
The Royal Ballet at The Royal Opera House, London : it simply does not get much better than this . The Metamorphosis dance theatre is an award winning adaptation of Franz Kafka’s novella choreographed & directed by Arthur Pita. It was actually commissioned by the Royal Opera House Covent Garden for Principal Dancer Edward…
Chase Johnsey on being the first gender-fluid ballerina at English National Ballet
The American ballet dancer Chase Johnsey who identifies as gender-fluid but still prefers male pronouns is making waves as the first dancer to be accepted into the Corps de Ballet of an international Ballet Company. Up to signing his new contract Johnsey had been a member of the legendary all male Les Ballets Trocodero…
Matthew Bourne’s brilliant ballet SWAN LAKE is BACK
The multi-award winning openly gay British choreographer and director Sir Matthew Bourne first staged his male version of SWAN LAKE at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London in 1995. Overnight it converted thousands of unsuspecting men and women everywhere into balletomanes. It became the longest running ballet in London’s West End where it won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best…
Myles Thatcher : exploring gender binaries through Dance.
San Francisco Ballet dancer Myles Thatcher is one of 12 of the most innovative international choreographers who have been given the opportunity to create ballets for UNBOUND a Festival of New Works that the SF ballet is running from April 20th to May 9th. Thatcher’s ballet is a new piece called OTHERNESS which explores gender…
