Ballet
BRIEF: Denmark Deports Ballet Lead, Stolen Picasso Recovered
Paris Opera Ballet Elects to Stay Quiet on Benjamin Millepied Departure
The Paris Opera Ballet is without a director of dance since Benjamin Millepied decided to step down for problems in dealing with the company's internal politics. In a press conference, Millepied and the ballet remained tight-lipped on the reasons for the choreographer's departure. Misty Copeland Recreates Iconic Images of Degas and His Dancers
An Edgar Degas' depiction of a ballerina has become a timeless motif in the artist's work. The image of a ballerina today, however, may be altered from its past representation with the entrance of someone like Misty Copeland, a dancer breaking the notions of what a ballerina is "supposed" to look like. Copeland's likeness being a part of a Degas redux, then, brings into question, once again, what a ballerina is meant to be.
