Latest Pas de deux Stories

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- All dancers now have the opportunity to learn the awe-inspiring lifts and partnering techniques used by the stars of dance. The world's most comprehensive video guide to learning Pas De Deux (partnering) was released today by the Pas De Deux Academy (http://www.PasDeDeuxAcademy.org) to fill the void that currently exists at dance studios around the world. Currently, only a select few dance studios are able to offer classes on Pas De Deux as a result...

By Jennifer Noyer For the Journal Ballet Pro Musica presented its second Albuquerque-based Chamber Music Ballet Festival, featuring this year Mexico's Compaia Nacional de Danza at the Hispanic Cultural Center. The idea is to forge a new marriage of dance and live music, deepening the relationship between the two art forms. Mexico's dancers were a delight to behold, especially in Mark Godden's "Reflections" to Maurice Ravel's "Miroirs," and John Clifford's ballet to Felix Mendelssohn's...

By Cappelle, Laura Screaming Mimis at the Paris Opera Laura Cappella writes about dunct? in Francs und around Europe. Modern choreographer Mats Ek has maintained a special bond with the Paris Opera Ballet ever since he first set his Giselle on the troupe in 1993. When the company presented two of his lesserknown works, The House of Bernards and A Sort of..., in May at the Palais Gamier, both dancers and audience seemed to relish the challenge, suggesting the company's strength may now lie...