Svetlana Zakharova in Amore
Last month, I attended the London premiere of Svetlana Zakharova’s solo project, Amore, which debuted at the Bolshoi in May 2016. I was pleasantly surprised to…
Dancers
Ballet Landscapes: An Interview with Alice Pennefather and Charles Haswell
For those who have followed the work of dance photographer Alice Pennefather for a while, her interest in filming dance will come as no surprise. With…
Narrowing the Gap: Vishneva’s Context, Polina the movie
It’s hard to be a ballet fan in the Bay Area at this time of the year. While the San Francisco Ballet season starts…
Dancing days are here again: BRB in Elite Syncopations
A host of eccentric characters flirt, dance and vie for the limelight in MacMillan’s Elite Syncopations (1974), a ballet that brings together comedic flair and Scott…