Read more ballet stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3462/ballet.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:04:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/62528/youtube-alchemist-makes-ballet-legend-dance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA YouTuber has unearthed the only footage of famed early 20th-century dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in existence, the New Yorker reports—sort of. Actually, it’s more like he created it himself. “These films are animations of photographs,” Christian Comte said. “I work as an alchemist in animated cinema.” The “animation” of...http://www.newser.com/story/62528/youtube-alchemist-makes-ballet-legend-dance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Jun 2009 19:44:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29066/youtube-lets-ballerinas-diy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFormal ballet is one of the most rigid education systems in art—dancers spend years doing exercises before they are even allowed to purchase pointe shoes. But some students are abandoning the hierarchy and turning to a less-stringent, modern master—YouTube. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at aspiring...http://www.newser.com/story/29066/youtube-lets-ballerinas-diy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Jun 2008 14:44:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22429/donkey-retires-from-ballet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA veteran Russian artiste is headed for retirement today: Monika, a 21-year-old female donkey. She has performed for 19 years as the trusty steed of Sancho Panza in the Mariinsky ballet's production of Don Quixote. "She loves to perform and she loves applause," said Tatyana Solomatina of the St. Petersburg...http://www.newser.com/story/22429/donkey-retires-from-ballet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 24 Mar 2008 17:54:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14917/choreographer-kidd-dies-at-92.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChoreographer Michael Kidd, creator of some of the most enduring dance steps on Broadway and in Hollywood, has died of cancer at age 92, the New York Times reports. Kidd, who won five Tonys and an honorary Oscar, is best known for his choreography in the 1954 film Seven Brides...http://www.newser.com/story/14917/choreographer-kidd-dies-at-92.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Dec 2007 18:20:43 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/7823/kgb-doggedly-stalked-nureyev.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHe was never interested in politics, but Rudolf Nureyev was a KGB scourge for decades after his 1961 defection. The famed ballet dancer’s colleagues were glad to see him go—‘Rudik’ was a prima donna to management and competition for fellow performers—but the state was incensed, the Telegraph reports,...http://www.newser.com/story/7823/kgb-doggedly-stalked-nureyev.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Sep 2007 20:47:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3469/ballerinas-dance-into-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo of the dance world's biggest names took their leave this weekend as Alessandra Ferri and Kyra Nichols sashayed into retirement in touchingly similar fashion—onstage with their young children in a hail of cheers and flowers. Nichols, 48, bowed out after 33 years with New York City Ballet; Ferri,...http://www.newser.com/story/3469/ballerinas-dance-into-history.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 24 Jun 2007 15:16:56 CDT