San Francisco Ballet just announced some major news: longtime Boston Ballet star Misa Kuranaga will be joining the company as a principal dancer for the 2019-20 season, while Dutch National Ballet principal Sasha Mukhamedov has been hired as a soloist. They join a slew of newly promoted SFB principals and soloists, announced earlier this year. […]
What comes naturally to you? My emotion onstage. I don’t have the ideal ballerina body, so I have to move to prove myself. My strength is that I can work hard and I don’t think it’s hard; I enjoy it. You went to the School of American Ballet after your apprenticeship at San Francisco Ballet. […]
This story originally appeared in the December 2014/January 2015 issue of Pointe. Don Quixote‘s Kitri is one of the feistiest characters in classical ballet. Nowhere is that more clear than in Don Q‘s gregarious first act. After an exhausting series of dances with her equally temperamental boyfriend, Basilio, she tops everything off with a fast-paced, […]
As Misa Kuranaga rounded an arabesque promenade during the energy-devouring third act pas in Don Quixote last spring, her tutu began to quiver. The audience held its breath, waiting. Kuranaga could have stepped down, could have held her partner Jeffrey Cirio’s arm just a moment longer. But in a surge of conviction, she suddenly let […]
The USA International Ballet Competition is gearing up for the 12th time, and applications are open! The two-week competition, held every four years in Jackson, Mississippi, hosts dancers ages 15–28 from around the globe as they compete for medals, cash prizes and company contracts. The competition will run June 10–24, and this year USA IBC […]
As stages and studios slowly begin to reopen, keeping up in the dance world’s “new normal” has required professionals to quickly bring their stamina back up to par, while also managing the physical strain and emotional toll that comes with returning to once-familiar routines. Prima by StageRitual aims to help ballerinas with this transition. Prima […]
Ballet Sun Valley, the annual dance festival in scenic Sun Valley, Idaho, is back in full force with an expanded summer season this year. Held outdoors at the Sun Valley Pavilion, the first part of the festival runs July 12–13 and features dancers from San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, New York City Ballet, Pacific Northwest […]
Spring is in full bloom with another round of exciting digital dance offerings. This month, companies across the country are releasing world premieres, season finales, artistic collaborations and more. We’ve rounded up some highlights below. New York City Ballet Sebastian Villarini-Velez and India Bradley with KJ Takahashi and Jonathan Fahoury in Kyle Abraham’s When We […]