Category: dance

Misty Copeland – new Barbie

Misty Copeland is principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre (ABT).

Ballerina Misty Copeland inspires Barbie ‘Sheroes’ doll

misty-copeland-barbie

You have to give Mattel some credit for … trying. 🙂

Simkin and the City

Daniil Simkin (born 12 October 1987 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian ballet dancer and Principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre. …

Simkin has been noted as one of the first ballet dancers to be active in Web 2.0 media such as YouTube andTwitter, and has spoken in interviews about the need for ballet to open up, demystify itself and modernize the way it connects with audiences.

Click PLAY or watch him on Facebook. 🙂

LEVITATION from SILA SVETA

Mind blowing dance performance interacting with computer lighting.

‘Levitation’ is a collaborative performance by Sila Sveta and Anna Abalikhina shown on the TV show ‘Big Ballet’. All visuals were rendered in real time without any post production.

Click PLAY or watch it on Vimeo.

Here’s how it was done – Dancer Defies Gravity with Stunning 3D Projections.

Thanks George.

Leah Griesser – Floor

Though many bemoan the “sad demise of artistic gymnastics” in an era where difficulty is the bigger goal, I see a resurgence of great choreography.

The Dutch at Worlds 2015, for example.

Here’s another example. Superb artistry and choreography from Germany’s Leah Griesser.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Leah Griesser, Pauline Schäfer, Sophie Scheder, Elisabeth Seitz and Pauline Tratz have been chosen to compete at the Rio Test Event.

(via The Beam Queen)