Salstein with Gemma Bond in the studio. Photo by Rosalie O’Connor, Courtesy ABT. American Ballet Theatre soloist Craig Salstein knows a thing or two about juggling a busy schedule. Along with his performance career at ABT, he directs and choreographs for his own NYC-based group INTERMEZZO Dance Company. On Jan. 17-18 they’ll perform From Myth to […]
The Broadway revival of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein’s Carousel opened last week, and while it stars luminaries from the worlds of musical theater (Joshua Henry, Jessie Mueller) and opera (soprano Renée Fleming), it also stars choreography by one of ballet’s own heavy hitters: New York City Ballet soloist and resident choreographer Justin Peck, who […]
After Ballet West first soloist Allison DeBona appeared on The CW’s “Breaking Pointe,” studio directors nationwide started calling her up, inviting her to teach master classes. Soon DeBona was traveling every month out of the year, honing her passion for coaching the next generation of artists. While jet setting may not be in your future, […]
This is Pointe’s December 2016/January 2017 Cover Story. You can subscribe to the magazine here, or click here to purchase this issue. At some point during her long career with American Ballet Theatre, Stella Abrera started to think it would never happen; paradoxically, this gave her a kind of peace. But on the evening of […]
Lately, it seems like mentorship is having something of a moment: Many pro dancers are coming up with creative ways to give back to the dance community and act as a resource for young students striving to reach the top. Take Kathryn Morgan, who started her own blog and YouTube channel to pull back the […]
This story originally appeared in the December 2015/January 2016 issue of Pointe. Before your promotion to principal this summer, you were an ABT soloist for 14 years. How did you stay patient when it seemed a promotion was unlikely? When I was cast to do my first Giselle eight years ago, I was sidelined by […]
“Ballet for 400!” On Tuesday, November 17, for the second time, contestants on Jeopardy! will take a stab at ballet trivia with the help of dancers from American Ballet Theatre—another event to celebrate the company’s 75th anniversary season. Look out for principals Gillian Murphy and Cory Stearns and corps member Blaine Hoven, who will read […]
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. If you’ve been keeping up on developments in the ballet world, you’ve probably had cause to ask: Where are the female choreographers? “I get asked to do interviews a lot because of that question,” says Emery LeCrone, a freelance choreographer and dancer based in […]