Posts Tagged "ballet history"
(263) Alastair Macaulay on ‘The Nutcracker’
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/AlastairNutcracker2021.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS As Nutcracker performances return to stages around the world, we decided to celebrate the return of the beloved classic by chatting with friend of the pod, Alastair Macaulay. As a historian of the performing arts and the former Chief Dance Critic of the New York Times, Alastair has a wealth of information to share with us about the history of this ballet that has become a staple for schools and companies across the country. We chat about the ballet’s...
Read More(120) Alastair Macaulay on Marius Petipa
https://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Alastair-on-Petipa.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week on Conversations On Dance, we are joined by the chief dance critic of the New York Times, and one of our most frequent guests, Alastair Macaulay. Alastair, an expert on dance history, has previously guided us through histories of Balanchine’s classic ballet ‘Serenade’ and the work of Frederic Ashton. This week he delves into the true history of one of ballet’s most revered choreographers, Marius Petipa. We take a look at what works...
Read More(49) Jennifer Homans, Founder and Director of The Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU
http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/JenniferHomans.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS This week we are pleased to welcome Jennifer Homans, Founder & Director of The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University. Jennifer is well known in the dance world for being the author of Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet, named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Before publishing Apollo’s Angels in 2010, she studied at the School of American Ballet and danced...
Read More(30) Alastair Macaulay, NYT Chief Dance Critic on Balanchine’s ‘Serenade’
http://media.blubrry.com/conversationsondancepod/tendusunderapalmtree.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/AlastairMacaulay.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Today we have the distinct pleasure of welcoming New York Times Chief Dance Critic, Alastair Macaulay. Alastair has been the Chief Dance critic with the Times since 2007. Before that time, he worked as the Chief Theater Critic of the Financial Times in London, was the Chief Dance Critic for The Literary Supplement, the founding editor of the British Quarterly Dance Theater Journal, and a guest dance critic for The New Yorker. For the past 30 years Alastair has...
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