by Margaret Fuhrer | Jul 22, 2013 | Company Life
Photography by Kyle Froman It’s been a remarkable year for Justin Peck. Since last summer, the 25-year-old choreographer and New York City Ballet dancer has been promoted to soloist, seen the premieres of three of his works on the company’s home...
by Pointe Magazine | Jul 22, 2013 | Company Life
As told to Laura Cappelle, Margaret Fuhrer and Nancy Wozny Every young ballet student has a dream role, a part she feels she’s made to dance. But a seasoned star has many dream roles over the course of her career. They trace a trajectory—the evolution of...
by Amy Brandt | May 28, 2013 | Company Life
Most dancers dream of dancing for big, prestigious companies with swelling corps de ballet, glittering media coverage and endless weeks of work. So why would anyone who made it to the big leagues want to downsize to a smaller troupe? In the cases of these three...
by admin | May 27, 2013 | Company Life
Rent. Car insurance. Gas bills. Electric bills. Groceries. Copays. Union dues. An itemized list of expenses probably doesn’t appear in your dreams of joining a ballet company. But when you sign your first contract—which, for many dancers, means moving away...
by Harris Green | Mar 18, 2013 | Features, Inside PT, Profiles
At 5′ 4″, New York City Ballet corps member Lauren Lovette could be easily overlooked at the end of a long line of corps women. Once she begins to dance, however, she captures your attention. Her head is held high atop an eloquent neck. Her body is a...
by Kristin Schwab | Mar 18, 2013 | Company Life
When Melissa Hough shifted her focus from her competition studio to the demanding Kirov Academy of Ballet in Washington, DC, she felt she needed more than regular classes to catch up. Newly committed to pursuing a ballet career, she sought private lessons outside of...
by Joseph Carman | Mar 18, 2013 | Company Life
Walks and runs may seem like the simplest moments you have onstage. But the way a dancer steps reveals so much about their interpretation of a role: what they’re thinking, what their motives are, what their backstory has dictated. It’s often the first...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Mar 18, 2013 | Company Life
Photography by Jim Lafferty Everything glitters a bit more in Vegas. To kick off its first season at the city’s new Smith Center for the Performing Arts, Nevada Ballet Theatre didn’t just perform a ballet. It put on the first-ever three-company...