By Tessa Perkins Deneault The curtain rises to reveal the silhouette of a woman atop a giant full skirt. As the lights come up, the skirt transforms into a huge orange scarf that billows above Jerome Tisserand and his partner Laura Tisserand, who is perched on his shoulders. It’s a beautiful image to punctuate the
By Jenn Edwards Gauthier Dance, the resident dance company of Theaterhaus Stuttgart in Germany, has reimagined one of the most recognizable images in classical ballet in a collection of neoclassical and contemporary dance solos released online. The Dying Swans Project is an eclectic mix of fresh dances for the camera, all paying homage to Mikhail
By Michael Crabb In early September, while North American ballet companies were still adjusting to the extended closure of theatres, their German counterparts were retaking the stage. The constraints of public health directives meant limiting the number of dancers who could appear at any one time — no Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadère