California Ballet – Page 3

‘Tis The Season of Hot Men in Tights, On Toes

By Kris Eitland | December 13, 2013 |

Men with muscled legs poured into tights and booty shorts will keep you hopping long after the New Year.
The most versatile men pull double duty – they dance and act for multiple troupes and embrace a range of styles and costumes like second skin.

Summer Intensives: Where dancers can shadow a Limón Doppelgänger and other inspiring artists

By Kris Eitland | June 21, 2013 |

“In Limón, the line is balletic, but from a different principal,” he said. “You oppose constant gravity; stretch an arm in one direction, and a leg in the other. It’s classical Humphrey-Weidman opposition. The struggle makes us human. I am Mexican and male, but I live in America and share my life with a woman. Those oppositions create people, and powerful dance.”