By Michael Crabb The last time the National Ballet of Canada unveiled a new Swan Lake, in May 1999, it bore the unmistakably dystopian thumbprint of then artistic director James Kudelka, and was played out against the backdrop of a public scandal. The previous December, principal dancer Kimberly Glasco had sideswiped the Toronto-based company by
By Philip Szporer In The slow erasure of a profession, Michael Crabb took a look at the state of dance criticism in a world of waning critical arts coverage, sparking appreciative responses from danceinternational.org readers. Below, Philip Szporer continues the conversation about how dance is covered today by introducing a sister publication offering online-only dance
By Silvia Poletti On April 9, at the end of the first edition of Gala Fracci — Teatro alla Scala’s celebration of the late Carla Fracci, intended to become an annual affair — the theatre’s red curtains closed on the dancers applauding the ballerina’s image projected onto the backdrop. With that moving conclusion to the