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February 25, 2009

The Best Internet Videos from a Ballet or Dance Company

If I gave an award for innovation and excellence in videos created by a ballet or dance company for the Internet, I would give it to three companies in no particular order:

- Anaheim Ballet
- Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
- New York City Ballet

Each of these companies has been at the forefront of creating new types of compelling video content for Internet audiences. And each has served as a model for how other ballet and dance companies can pursue new approaches to their own video production initiatives.

In this post I've included new ballet and dance company Internet videos that are among the best I've seen. I've included recent clips from the three companies I listed above and have also featured: Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet and San Francisco Ballet:

San Francisco Ballet

San Francisco Ballet's preview of "Swan Lake."

Website - YouTube Channel - Video Link

Watch in HD:

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Pennsylvania Ballet

Pennsylvania Ballet's promotional video for 2008-2009 season.

Website - YouTube Channel - Video Link

Watch in HD:

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New York City Ballet

New York City Ballet's Adrian Danchig-Waring and Georgina Pazcoguin on "Glass Pieces."

Website - YouTube Channel - Video Link

Watch in HD:

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Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet's "Between," part of project52:

Website - YouTube Channel - Video Link

Watch in HD:

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Merce Cunningham Dance Company

Merce Cunningham Dance Company's "Mondays with Merce."

Website - YouTube Channel - Video Link

Watch in HQ on YouTube, but higher-resolution videos of "Mondays with Merce" are on the Merce Cunningham website:

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Anaheim Ballet

Anaheim Ballet profile of "Andie."

Website - YouTube Channel - Video Link

Watch in HQ:

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Pacific Northwest Ballet

Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Broadway Festival - West Side Story Suite."

Website - YouTube Channel - Video Link

Watch in HQ:

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What Are Your Favorites Dance Videos?

What do you think of my selections? Do you agree or disagree? Which dance videos are your favorites?

Posted by Doug Fox on February 25, 2009 6:25 AM



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Nancy Dalva said:

How nice to find "Mondays with Merce" in your article! Thanks, Doug! The video on you-tube is from an early demo.

To see the current season, Episodes 001-004, go to
http://www.merce.org/mondayswithmerce.html

001 is"Cunningham on Technique"
002 is "Dancing for Merce"
003 is "On 'Sounddance'"
004 is "The Way to Get from Here to There" with guest artist Elizabeth Streb

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