Creating a World Premiere
By Diane Claytor Robert Dekkers is apparently a man who doesn’t require a great amount of rest. And that’s a good thing because, when he told me about all the […]
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Introducing Diablo Ballet’s New Resident Choreographer: Robert Dekkers
By Diane Claytor I still remember when my (now adult) daughter and her pre-teen friends would “choreograph” dances in our family room. All their moves mimicked the words in whatever […]
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Ballet Competitions: How Do They Score?
By Liesl Ferreira It’s not a surprise that in this highly competitive era, competitions have also made their way into the ballet world. Still, I only recently became aware of […]
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America’s National Ballet Company
By Diane Claytor What do Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalie Makarova, Ethan Stiefel, Gelsey Kirkland, Vladimir Mallakhov and Carla Fracci all have in common (ok — besides the fact that they are […]
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A Day in the Life of a Ballet Dancer
By Diane Claytor Deborah Bull, a former dancer with the Royal Ballet and currently the director of Cultural Institute at King’s College in London, wrote in her book, “The Everyday […]
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