Like choreographers, stars are, in the first place, born. But then they need to be developed and nurtured. They need to be found. Boston Ballet is to announce the name of its new artistic director today. She is also the niece of the late British actor Sir John Gielgud.
Dancers have until today to sign contracts.
The Kennedy Center kicked off it s ambitious two-week Balanchine Celebration Tuesday, during which six companies from around the world will perform the whole range of Balanchine s work. Perhaps surprisingly, there is no sense of competition. Rather there is a sense that one company enhances another, and all confirm Balanchine's faith in the classical ballet vocabulary as an enduring dance idiom. The Balanchine Celebration Festival gets underway at the Kennedy Center. Its 'Rubies' section of the full-length ballet 'Jewels' was about as dazzling as one could bear.