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Tag Archives: Benjamin Millepied
Angelenos Boo Merce!: L.A. Dance Project’s Dramatic Premiere
This past weekend marked the premiere of L.A. Dance Project at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in downtown LA. Of course this is the event – the full-evening debut of Benjamin Millepied’s new LA-based company – that all dance-going Angelenos … Continue reading
L.A. Dance Project’s FRAMEWORK at MOCA
Thursday night marked the first of three “sneak peeks” of Benjamin Millepied’s new L.A. Dance Project at MOCA – the Museum of Contemporary Art – in downtown Los Angeles. Millepied danced with Amanda Wells in four different galleries in the … Continue reading
Posted in Art / Architecture, Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Amanda Wells, Benjamin Millepied, Framework, L.A. Dance Project, Mark Bradford, MOCA LA
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Kurt Froman on Training Natalie Portman to Dance
But his funniest, most interesting words are about Mila Kunis: “Mila, and I mean this in the best way, she is such a loud-mouthed kind of broad. You know exactly where you stand with her, if she’s not happy with … Continue reading
More BLACK SWAN Controversy, and The Paris Opera Ballet’s COPPELIA
I’m still crazy busy but just wanted to point out two things. First, if you haven’t already heard, there’s now a storm of controversy over how much dancing Natalie Portman actually did in Black Swan. Dance Magazine EIC Wendy Perron … Continue reading
Posted in Dance News, Dancers, Film / DVD / YouTube / Livestreams
Tagged Ballet in Cinema, Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan, Coppelia, Dance Magazine, Emerging Pictures, Maria Riccetto, Mila Kunis, Natalie Portman, Natalie Portman Oscar acceptance speech, Paris Opera Ballet, Sarah Lane, Wendy Perron
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Natalie Portman’s Black Swan Acceptance Speech at the Oscars
So what did you guys think of it? I tried to find a YouTube video but couldn’t find a free one. Interesting that companies are going to start charging for subscriptions for that kind of thing… Anyway, I love that … Continue reading
Moonlight on the Beach
Happy President’s Day everyone! I’m spending the week in South Carolina at my cousin’s timeshare – I needed a few days away from New York and the ocean is my favorite place. (If I ever have money, I’m definitely buying … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Chatter, Dance News, Dance Photos, Dance Previews / Upcoming Dance Events, Film / DVD / YouTube / Livestreams, Personal
Tagged Balanchine, Ballet in Cinema, Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan, Bolshoi, Don Quixote, Emerging Pictures, Hollywood debut, Ivan Vasiliev, Jaded Piano Player, John Epperson, Manhattan Big Theater, Natalia Osipova, Natalie Portman, Prodigal Son, Roberto Bolle, Sara Mearns, Sean Suozzi
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Is Benjamin Millepied a Better Fund-Raiser Than Choreographer?
Thank you to Jeff, who comments frequently here, for pointing me to this article in the NY Times, which most of you have probably already seen. The first page is all gloss and generalities and isn’t of much interest to … Continue reading
For the Love of Duke
On Friday night Susan Stroman’s For the Love of Duke premiered at NYCB. Photos above by Paul Kolnik. Top: Tiler Peck, Sara Mearns, and Amar Ramasar; bottom: Mearns and Ramasar. Stroman is primarily a Broadway choreographer (I think her most … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Amar Ramasar, Andrew Veyette, Ashley Bouder, B, Benjamin Millepied, Billy Strayhorn, Blossom Got Kissed, Christopher Wheeldon, Conerto DSCH, Contact, Duke Ellington, Elaine Chelton, For the Love of Duke, Frankie and Johnny ... and Rose, Gonzalo Garcia, Jared Angle, Joaquin DeLuz, Ligeti, Maria Kowroski, micropolyphony, Morphoses, NYCB, Paul Kolnik, Polyphonia, Ratmansky, Robert Fairchild, Ryan McAdams, Sara Mearns, Savannah Lowery, Tiler Peck, Tyler Angle, Wendy Whelan
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Last Week at New York City Ballet
Last week I went to two performances of NYCB – opening night and Thursday night’s “See the Music” program – and to two of the free all-day Balanchine events on Saturday. First, I’ll talk about the last two since I … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Andrew Veyette, Ashley Bouder, Balanchine, Balanchine's birthday, Benjamin Millepied, Chase Finlay, Concerto DSCH, Cortege Hongrois, Duo Concertant, Faycal Karoui, Jenifer Ringer, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Mozartiana, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Peter Martins, Ratmansky, Robert Fairchild, Sara Mearns, School of American Ballet, Sean Lavery, See the Music, Sterling Hyltin, The Four Temperaments, Tyler Angle, Valse-Fantasie
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Natalie Portman’s Black Swan Golden Globe Acceptance Speech
Did you guys watch last night? I thought she looked radiant, and her speech was really sweet. She seemed genuinely happy about both the film and her personal life. She still seemed to be in a state of blissful shock … Continue reading
Posted in Dancers, Film / DVD / YouTube / Livestreams, Society
Tagged Aaron Sorkin, ABT, adversting on Facebook, advertising on social networks, advertising on Twitter, Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan, Colin Firth, Facebook, Jackie Reyes, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Natalie Portman, The Social Network, Twitter
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Millepied To Be a Daddy
Oh dear lord. Via TheBalletBag.
Benjamin Millepied in TIME DOESN’T STAND STILL
According to Filmmaker Magazine, Benjamin Millepied will be starring with French actress Lea Seydoux in a short film called Time Doesn’t Stand Still, directed by Asa Mader. It’s to premiere in its entirety in 2011, but go here to see … Continue reading
Benjamin Millepied Interviewed at Black Swan Premiere
This is actually a pretty interesting interview, by Amy Kaufman, of the Los Angeles Times, at the Black Swan premiere in LA. Millepied talks about the differences between working with trained and untrained dancers, and how he trained the untrained … Continue reading
More Photos of Millepied’s “Plainspoken”
Here are a couple more photos of Benjamin Millepied’s Plainspoken, which premiered last week at New York City Ballet and which I wrote about here. Top is, from left: Amar Ramasar, Sterling Hyltin and Tyler Angle; below, from left: Jennie … Continue reading
Benjamin Millepied’s “Plainspoken”
Last Thursday was NYCB’s Fall gala, during which they presented the New York City premiere of Benjamin Millepied’s Plainspoken (photo at left, of Teresa Reichlen and Sebastien Marcovici, by Paul Kolnik; the ballet originally premiered in Wyoming this August), along … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Ashley Bouder, Benjamin Millepied, Candide Overture, Daniel Ulbricht, David Lang, Faycal Karoui, George Balanchine, I'm Old Fashioned, Janie Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Koch Theater, Morphoses, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Plainspoken, Sara Mearns, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tarantella, Western Symphony
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Benjamin Millepied Interview in “The Daily Beast”
“’I will never be a star,’” said Millepied, who claims to spend his down time reading and “’working a lot by myself at home. When I see the attention movie stars get, it doesn’t make me want to be in … Continue reading
Posted in Dance News
Tagged Benjamin Millepied, Men in Tights, Plainspoken, The Daily Beast
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Janie Taylor Debuts in Millepied’s “Why Am I Not Where You Are” Etc.
I’ve been remiss in my New York City Ballet posts! Last week I saw two programs: one featuring three dances to three different violin concertos – Peter Martins’s Barber Violin Concerto, Robbins’ Opus 19 / The Dreamer, and Balanchine’s Stravinsky … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Adrian Danchig-Waring, Amar Ramasar, Ana Sophia Scheller, Benjamin Millepied, Christopher Wheeldon, Craig Hall, Estancia, Faycal Karoui, George Balanchine, Janie Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Kathryn Morgan, Luce Nascosta, Mauro Bigonzetti, New York City Ballet, Paul Kolnik, Peter Martins, Santiago Calatrava, Sara Mearns, Sean Suozzi, See the Music, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Thierry Escaich, Why am I not where you are
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New York City Ballet Fall Gala Upcoming October 7
To celebrate its first fall season, NYCB will have a fall gala on October 7th. It will feature the premiere of a new ballet by Benjamin Millepied set to a score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang. The program will … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Previews / Upcoming Dance Events
Tagged Benjamin Millepied, David Lang, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, New York City Ballet, New York City Ballet fall gala, Sarah Jessica Parker
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New York City Ballet’s First Fall Season Opening Night
Tuesday night, New York City Ballet opened its very first fall season with performances of Balanchine’s Serenade, Peter Martins’s Grazioso, and Jerome Robbins’s The Four Seasons. First, before the performance began, Peter Martins came out and introduced each of the … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Andrew Veyette, Ashley Bouder, Ask la Cour, Balanchine, Benjamin Millepied, Black Swan movie, Charles Askegard, Daniel Ulbricht, Eduoard Lalo, Faycal Karoui, Gonzalo Garcia, Grazioso, Henry Leutwyler, Janie Taylor, Jerome Robbins, Koch Theater, Lincoln Center Plaza, Namouna, New York City Ballet, New York City Ballet first fall season, Paul Kolnik, Peter Martins, Sara Mearns, See the Music, Serenade debut, The Four Seasons, Tiler Peck
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YVONNE BORREE'S FAREWELL PERFORMANCE
On Sunday afternoon, principal ballerina Yvonne Borree gave her farewell performance at New York City Ballet. I always find farewell performances so sad, especially for the ballerinas, for some reason. And Yvonne just doesn’t seem old enough to retire! At … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Andrew Veyette, Benjamin Millepied, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Christopher Wheeldon, Damian Woetzel, Duo Concertant, Estancia, George Balanchine, La Sonnambula, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, Nikolaj Hubbe, Nilas Martins, NYCB, Peter Boal, Peter Martins, Sebastien Marcovici, Tiler Peck, Tyler Angle, Yvonne Borree, Yvonne Borree Farewell Performance
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CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON'S ESTANCIA
Last Saturday night was the premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s new ballet, Estancia, at New York City Ballet. Everyone in the audience seemed to go wild over it. When it ended, I overheard people saying they didn’t want it to end, … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Alberto Ginastera, American Ballet Caravan, Andrew Veyette, Argentina, Benjamin Millepied, Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet, Christopher Wheeldon, Danses Concertantes, Estancia, George Balanchine, Georgina Pazcoguin, Gonzalo Garcia, Lincoln Kirstein, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Paul Kolnik, Santiago Calatrava, Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck, Tyler Angle, Yvonne Borree
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NEW YORK CITY BALLET OPENING NIGHT GALA: NAMOUNA AND WHY AM I NOT WHERE YOU ARE
All photos by Paul Kolnik. Top two are of Benjamin Millepied’s new Why am I not where you are, and bottom two are from Alexei Ratmansky’s new Namouna: A Grand Divertissement. Sorry I’m late with this post — I had … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Abi Stafford, Alexei Ratmansky, Amar Ramasar, Angelin Preljocaj, Benjamin Millepied, Branislava Nijinska, Concerto DSCH, Edouard Lalo, George Balanchine, In the Upper Room, Janie Taylor, Jenifer Ringer, Jerome Robbins, Kathryn Morgan, La Valse, les Biches, Megan Fairchild, Midsummer Nights Dream, Namouna A Grand Divertissement, New York City Ballet, NYCB, Paul Kolnik, Peter Martins, Philip Glass, Robert Fairchild, Santiago Calatrava, Sara Mearns, Sean Suozzi, Swan Lake, Thierry Escaich, Wendy Whelan, West Side Story, Why am I not where you are
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NEW YORK CITY BALLET OPENS ITS SUMMER SEASON TONIGHT
And expect Natalie Portman to be at the gala. Well, of course she would be: her boyfriend’s new ballet will premiere tonight, along with a Ratmansky premiere. And, by the way, Kathryn Morgan is to replace Janie Taylor in Millepied’s. … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Chatter
Tagged Alexei Ratmansky, Benjamin Millepied, Celebrity Mound, Janie Taylor, Kathryn Morgan, Natalie Portman, New York City Ballet, NYCB
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