By Jennifer Fournier In Balanchine’s Classroom is an intoxicating film that collects many strands of the teachings of choreographer and ballet master George Balanchine. These are shared both in his own words and in those of his former dancers, with archival photographs and footage of the artists in class, rehearsal, and performance. Directed by Connie
By Didi Hoffman Blame it on the Bacchanale. Or rather, celebrate the Bacchanale, danced by the great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, whose performance inspired a young American sculptor, Malvina Hoffman, to spend years creating a magnificent frieze of this iconic duet. Hoffman would go on to become “one of the few women to reach first
By Jeannette Andersen Every choreographic work is an intricate amalgam of many elements combined to evoke feelings and thoughts, perhaps telling stories, perhaps abstract. The choreographer and the set, costume and lighting designers work with forms and lines in space and time, choosing their material with care; for the choreographer, that means the dancers, with