Dancing brothers Julian MacKay and Nicholas MacKay, who many will know through this blog (which started following them and their two sisters in 2013), are trapped in Russia after the government set further restrictions on movement in the wake of the coronavirus emergency, meaning that all international flights are now suspended. Julian, 22, is a First Soloist at the … [Read more...] about American dancers trapped in Russia after last plane is blocked on the runway
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Julian MacKay – the teenage American ballet dancer making waves in Russia
Julian MacKay at 16 was winning medals at the Sochi and Istanbul competitions when he represented his school, the Bolshoi Academy. At 17 he won the Prix de Lausanne and his Harlequin Floors Scholarship let him spend a year with The Royal Ballet. At 18 he was snapped up as soloist with the Mikhailovsky Ballet and after six months with the company was given his first principal … [Read more...] about Julian MacKay – the teenage American ballet dancer making waves in Russia
The Art of Movement – a glorious new book from NYC Dance Project
NYC Dance Project – husband and wife team, Ken Browar and Deborah Ory – have produced some of the most widely circulated images of dance on the internet. Leaps and other gymnastic feats will always be shared and liked more than most, but what makes Browar and Ory’s photos stand out is that they communicate not just movement, but interact with the viewer on a personal and … [Read more...] about The Art of Movement – a glorious new book from NYC Dance Project
18-year-old Julian MacKay becomes a soloist with the Mikhailovsky Ballet
After being introduced to Julian Mackay, and his whole dancing family, three years ago by his sister Maria Sascha Khan - now First Soloist with the Ekaterinburg State Ballet - I have been following the activities of the four siblings with interest. Nadia Khan was recently with the Compañía Nacional de Danza de España but now with the Rome Opera Ballet, and the youngest, … [Read more...] about 18-year-old Julian MacKay becomes a soloist with the Mikhailovsky Ballet
Julian Mackay on entering and winning the Prix de Lausanne 2015
Seventeen-year-old Julian Mackay is one of the six winners of this year’s Prix de Lausanne. He is part of the extraordinary Khan-MacKay family which boasts four ballet dancers; something this blog has covered before. Julian however is flying high during his last year at the Bolshoi Academy before his graduation in June, having already won medals last summer at the Sochi and … [Read more...] about Julian Mackay on entering and winning the Prix de Lausanne 2015
Young American at the Bolshoi: Julian MacKay wins Sochi and Istanbul medals
The (other) American at the Bolshoi, 16-year-old Julian MacKay, has been winning medals at the international ballet competitions at Sochi and Istanbul. Of course there are lots of ballet competitions and lots of medals, even if these particular competitions are important ones, but what is incredible is that he was representing the Bolshoi Academy at Sochi. An American in Paris … [Read more...] about Young American at the Bolshoi: Julian MacKay wins Sochi and Istanbul medals
Help Julian, a 16-year-old American dancer, represent the Bolshoi in Sochi
This blog has often championed a good cause: young composers getting their first project off the ground... established composers getting a new project off the ground! Here is a very worthy cause,and an investment in the future of ballet! The young, and very talented, Julian MacKay - who comes from an astonishingly talented family of dancers - is a sixteen-year-old American who … [Read more...] about Help Julian, a 16-year-old American dancer, represent the Bolshoi in Sochi
You choose it out of Love! Dancing with the Khan-MacKay family
Dancing, like acting and singing, often runs in the family. There are countless dancers whose parents danced: Zenaida Yanowsky (Royal Ballet), Yury Yanowsky (Boston Ballet) and Nadia Yanowsky (Het Nationale Ballet) are the children of Russian ballet dancer Anatol Yanowsky and Spanish ballet dancer Carmen Robles. Ballet's in their blood. What makes the Khan-MacKay family … [Read more...] about You choose it out of Love! Dancing with the Khan-MacKay family