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Video: Stephen Colbert Dances ‘The Nutcracker’ With A Member Of The Bolshoi Ballet
The featured guest on last night’s Colbert Report was David Hallberg, the first American to join the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet. In addition to giving him a bit of a razzing during the interview, Colbert gave him a run for his money on the dance floor. (Not really.) More »
Mila Kunis Was Scared The First Time She Met A Black Man
Mila Kunis is still making the rounds of interviews for Black Swan. And in the new issue of W Magazine, she is clad as a sexy black swan in a see-through negligee covered in black feathers. But the most interesting part of the interview happened when Mila explained the first time she met a black person. She was seven years old when she moved to Los Angeles from The Ukraine, where there are only white people. And she was scared the first time she saw a black guy. More »
True Story: I Was An Anorexic Ballerina
My name is Sarah, and I am a ballerina. I was a dancer from the time I was 4 years old until the age of 20. I became more serious about dance, specifically in ballet in my early teens and decided to focus on that, rather than tap or modern dance, because the company I danced with had a very large ballet collaboration with girls of every age and it had always fascinated me. I wanted to be a part of it. When I was in my early twenties, I moved away from the studio I had danced at my whole life. I was a good dancer, but I knew then and still know that I did not have what it takes to be a professional ballerina.
To become a professional ballerina, the first thing you need is a lot of time – to rehearse for multiple hours at a time, every day. As a student, I couldn’t devote that time. Your body has to look a certain way, all the way down to your feet. Long, lean and thin are the adjectives that describe the way a ballerina should look. It takes an incredible amount of time and effort to make movements look effortless. People don’t realize this. More »
Anonymous Celebrity: Prima Ballerina Michele Wiles
When we grew up, we wanted to be a ballerina. Unfortunately, we had two left feet. Michele Wiles, on the other hand, was born with a natural rhythm and grace that eventually landed her the lead in Swan Lake at the American Ballet Theatre, now underway in NYC.
“I started dancing when I was three,” Michele tells Crushable. “My mother used to take dance classes. Whenever I heard music that inspired me, I got up and danced. I think it was… More »
Simon Cowell Likes the Ballet
There’s nothing quite like the sight of Simon Cowell in a fluffy white tutu is there? This little gem was taken at a opening for Billy Elliot and the curtain call. It wasn’t just Simon though, it was all the judges from the X-Factor show.
Image Source: Getty Images from the “Oh No They Didn’t Site”… More »
Crushable Commenter Of The Week: Averie, Ballerina
This week’s post about the eating disorder culture of ballet as seen through the lens of Black Swan provoked quite a few interesting comments, several from dancers themselves. We got Sarah Young to expand on her comment in her first-person account of life as an anorexic ballerina, and we thought we’d highlight another opinion, this time from former professional ballerina Averie: More »