Sesame Street Visits New York City Ballet Ballerinas

April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Sesame Street Visits New York City Ballet Ballerinas

Who are the people in your neighborhood? Sesame Street's Murray Monster and Obejita (Little Sheep) learn about their dancing neighbors or "peeps in our hood," to quote Murray! Sesame Street Visits New York City Ballet Ballerinas What do ballerinas do? What is a barre and what is it for? Murray Monster asks Kristen Segin, Alina Dronova, Callie Bachman, and Sara Adams what is the first thing they were taught in ballet school. The five positions of the feet! Watch the video below, it's … [Read more...]

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Featured Ballerina Sara Mearns [Videos]

March 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment

After eight months of recovering from back injury, principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and featured ballerina Sara Mearns, shares with us behind-the-scenes (literally) footage through her video blog: Barre None. Featured Ballerina Sara Mearns Sara Mearns was born in Columbia, South Carolina, and began her dance training at the age of three with Ann Brodie at the Calvert-Brodie School of Dance, also in Columbia. At the age of 13, Ms. Mearns trained with Patricia McBride at Dance … [Read more...]

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Pas de Deux: The Dancers’ Perspective [Video]

April 25, 2012 By 6 Comments
Pas de Deux: The Dancers' Perspective

  Wouldn't it be neat to be able to "feel" what it's like to dance a pas de deux? Unless you're a professional ballet dancer, you may not get to experience that. Well, now you can, through this amazing video! What is the Dancers' Perspective? Principal Dancers Megan Fairchild and Andrew Veyette give us a view of the wedding pas de deux from "The Sleeping Beauty" from the dancers' perspective. Through cameras placed in strategic places on each dancer we're able to "feel" what the … [Read more...]

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George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker™ Nationwide This Holiday Season

November 27, 2011 By Leave a Comment
George Balanchine's Nutcracker

Renowned New York City Ballet and special guest host Kelly Ripa will bring George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™nationwide live to movie theaters this holiday season. The "beloved holiday classic" will be in theaters across the United States, for one night only, on Tuesday, December 13. What a great idea! If you can't travel to the big apple to experience The Nutcracker ballet, the ballet will come to you! And that is exactly what The NCM Cinema Network, the NYC Ballet and the Lincoln Center … [Read more...]

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