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Daniil Simkin on His New Dance Film, and His Future as a Producer

Daniil Simkin has always been curious and forward-thinking about how dance can utilize digital platforms. The international guest artist and former American Ballet Theatre and Staatsballett Berlin principal was an early adopter of social media and YouTube (who can forget 2013’s “Simkin and the City”?). His later independent projects, like 2015’s INTENSIO at The Joyce […]

Revisiting Pointe's Past Cover Stars: Daniil Simkin (June/July 2011)

We revisited some of Pointe‘s past cover stars for their take on how life—and ballet—has changed. Daniil Simkin, June/July 2011 Then: Soloist, American Ballet Theatre Now: Principal, ABT and Staatsballett Berlin. Simkin has also directed and choreographed his own projects. On being a Pointe cover star: “It was a stamp of approval that captured a pivotal […]

ABT's Daniil Simkin to Join Staatsballett Berlin

Since joining American Ballet Theatre as a soloist in 2008, Russian-born Daniil Simkin has become a fixture in the New York City dance scene. In addition to performing leading roles with ABT in everything from Giselle to Whipped Cream, Simkin has also spearheaded his own side projects like 2015’s INTENSIO and, most recently, his Falls […]

Daniil Simkin Presents New Multimedia Work at the Guggenheim

On the heels of his successful 2015 project INTENSIO, American Ballet Theatre principal Daniil Simkin is presenting a new multi-media work at the Guggenheim Museum’s Works & Process series set in the museum’s multistoried rotunda. “The rotunda is iconic, white and symmetrical,” he says. “Having dance and projection in there is an amazing sight.” The […]

#TBT: Daniil Simkin as Ali in "Le Corsaire," Then and Now

American Ballet Theatre is in the midst of Le Corsaire this week as part of the company’s annual season at the Metropolitan Opera House. One of the ballet’s most celebrated and challenging male roles is Ali, the Slave. Daniil Simkin is dancing the part this week. A dancer who never seems to disappoint, Simkin is […]

Daniil Simkin and Cassandra Trenary Define the Art of Movement In This Video

Deborah Ory and Ken Brower have done it again. The husband-wife team behind NYC Dance Project recently released a promotional video for their new photography book, The Art of Movement. (By the way, we’re giving away four copies for free—click here to enter.) Shot in black and white at the NeueHouse Madison Square in New […]

#TBT: Daniil Simkin in Don Quixote

Daniil Simkin and Roberta Marquez. Photo by Hiroyuki Ito via Getty Images He may appear baby-faced in this clip from the 2005 Helsinki International Ballet Competition, but 17-year-old Daniil Simkin already dances like a fully formed prince. In Basilio’s variation from Don Quixote (which won him the Grand Prix), Simkin displays the maturity and control […]