'Ballet Has Taken Me From Moss Side to Manhattan'

Ballet and Opera Companies Slam Timothée Chalamet Over ‘No One Cares’ Remark

Ballet and opera companies around the world have called out Timothée Chalamet following the actor’s less-than-complimentary remarks about the art forms in a recent interview. In February, Chalamet and Matthew McConaughey sat down for an Austin, Texas town hall event produced by Variety and CNN, where the two actors talked about their craft. While discussing their audience’s shortened attention spans, Chalamet said, “I don’t want to be working …

'Ballet has taken me from Moss Side to Manhattan'

Nahum McLean is a professional ballet dancer - but he never dared to talk about his passion as a child.

‘Having 36 dancers waiting for me fills me with dread’: choreographer Crystal Pite on her seminal productions

The Canadian dance director has created a dazzling body of work that tackles human relationships and the big questions of our times. She talks through pivotal moments in her careerThere aren’t many current choreographers more respected and in-demand than the multi-award-winning Crystal Pite. The Canadian founded her contemporary dance company, Kidd Pivot, in Vancouver in 2002, but she’s also made visually splendid works for the Paris Opera Balle…

Why would Scottish Ballet not portray same-sex relationships in a new Cinderella?

Artistic director Christopher Hampson explains why Scottish Ballet will give audiences a choice of gender pairings in its new version of a classic…