By Silvia Poletti Established dance festivals all around the country made the last few months a rich and lively time. A wide range of current choreographic trends was key to larger festivals such as Bolzano Danza, while others balanced their programs between first class contemporary dance and ballet companies on tour. Italians were lucky enough
by Tessa Perkins Deneault It sounds like something out of a dream: shadow one of the world’s preeminent choreographers as she travels the globe presenting new works and preparing remounts, all while joining her company as an understudy. As an apprentice with Crystal Pite’s Kidd Pivot, Renée Sigouin is living this dream. Sigouin met Pite
by Jordan Beth Vincent For longtime patrons of the Australian Ballet, there has only ever been one Spartacus. Back in 1990, principal artist Steven Heathcote’s performance in the ballet was the height of drama and masculinity — his image (powerfully muscular and wearing a leather loincloth and harness) used to promote the company’s tour to