Elizaveta Porodina's Glorious Images for New York City Ballet Winter 2025 Season
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American Ballet Theatre Dancers by AB+DM for InStyle July 2021
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American Ballet Theatre Dancers by AB+DM for InStyle July 2021 AOC Fashion
The first ‘to do’ in reading ‘Ballet Is Back, Baby’ a fashion story shot by AB+DM for Instyle US and published early June online for the July issue, is to verify the facts. Julia von Boehm styles dancers from American Ballet Theatre in a heady mix of Alexander McQueen, Commando, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Givenchy, JW Anderson, Khaite, Mônot, Spanx,Thom Brown and more./ Hair by Shin Arima; makeup by Frankie Boyd
The Dancers include Isabella Boylston, ABT Principal Dancer; James Whiteside, ABT Principal Dancer; ABT Corp dancers: Anabel Katsnelson, Betsy McBride, Emily Hayes, João Menegussi, Melvin Lawovi and Yoon Jung Seo, ABT Studio Corps.
“Verifying the facts” refers to a bus tour select American Ballet Theatre dancers were scheduled to make across America, as they faced another cancelled official season in 2021.
In fact, the #ABTAcrossAmerica US tour did happen — at outside venues and not the predictable ones for a ballet tour. These shots on ABT’s IG — not in geographical order — show the dancers bringing joy to lawn-lovers in Minneapolis, MN; Middleburg, VA; Chicago, MI; Iowa City, IA; Lincoln NE. Other stops included St. Louis, Mo and Charleston, SC. The dancers made it back to New York City for a special closing performance last week, July 21.
Royal Ballet's Francesca Hayward Covers Harper's Bazaar UK June 2021 by Jesse Jenkins
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Royal Ballet's Francesca Hayward Covers Harper's Bazaar UK June 2021 by Jesse Jenkins
Kenyan-born, England-raised ballet dancer Francesca Hayward covers the June 2021 issue of Harper’s Bazaar UK. Hayward is a principal dancer in the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden in London. In 2019, she starred as Victoria the White Cat in the musical film adaptation of the legendary stage musical ‘Cats’. Hayward developed an unrelenting interest in ballet at age three, after watching ‘The Nutcracker’.
Hayward was one of 15 women selected to appear on the cover of British Vogue’s September 2019 issue, guest edited by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
Cathy Kasterine styles Hayward in white fluidity, lensed by Jesse Jenkins [IG] in ‘Dancing for Joy’ with Chiffon in the City & Silk by the Sea’. / Hair by Hiroshi Matsushita; makeup by Celia Burton
British Royal Ballet's Francesca Hayward by Liz Collins for Vanity Fair "On Jewellery' Fall 2020
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British Royal Ballet's Francesca Hayward by Liz Collins for Vanity Fair "On Jewellery' Fall 2020
Britain’s Royal Ballet star Francesca Hayward is living in the movement, lensed by Liz Collins (IG) for the September cover story of Vanity Fair’s “On Jewellery” supplement. Michelle Dugid styles Hayward in luxe jewels from Boucheron Nuage, Harry Winston, Van Cleef & Arpels, Vanleles and more.
Interviewed by Annabel Davidson, both creatives made the point that they were committed to featuring Black jewellers across the images. Some are named here:
Hayward and I both felt strongly that Black jewellers should be included in every image, so across these pages you will see the work of established artists like Jacqueline Rabun and Vania Leles, but also multi-disciplinary artist Simone Brewster (who’s as adept at designing furniture as she is bangles), Awah Laud (who sources conflict-free materials from Ghana), Emefa Cole (whose work you can see in the V&A), Melanie Eddy, and Jariet Oloye-Odutola, whose work with glass and metal is nothing short of mesmerising.
