Creature, Akram Khan’s third collaboration with English National Ballet, takes audiences to a crumbling Arctic research station, where the title character has been forced into a new experimental program by the military. They test his mental and physical capacity for adapting to polar temperatures and isolation, in preparation for proposed colonization of far-flung corners of […]
Jeffrey Cirio ‘s meteoric rise is what dreams are made of. A Pennsylvania native, he joined Boston Ballet in 2009 and quickly rose up the ranks to principal dancer by 2012. While he felt Boston was “home,” he left to join American Ballet Theatre as a soloist in 2015, where he was promoted to principal […]
Well, that was fast. After less than a year, Jeffrey Cirio — the former Boston Ballet principal who joined American Ballet Theatre as a soloist at the start of this season—is walking into summer with a promotion to ABT’s highest rank. The company now has two Filipino-American principals, the other being Stella Abrera. We’re not […]
This story originally appeared in the April/May 2015 issue of Pointe. Jeffrey Cirio is a busy guy. In addition to his career as a principal dancer at Boston Ballet, he’s an emerging choreographer who also manages his own dance troupe: Cirio Collective. In May, Boston Ballet will debut Cirio’s first piece choreographed for the Boston […]
“You don’t know what you’re capable of as a dancer until you explore different styles.” —Jeffrey Cirio Boston Ballet principal Jeffrey Cirio got hooked on hip hop early. “I went to a Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet summer program when I was 11, and I thought the hip-hop classes were the coolest thing ever,” he […]
We love it when our favorite dancers are tapped to star in other artists’ projects. When Boston-based violinist and songwriter Josh Knowles started mulling over video ideas for his new single “Same,” the first released song of his upcoming album this fall, he thought that two dancers silhouetted against a backlight could get the song’s […]
A dancer’s dressing room is often her “home away from home.” In our August/September issue, we went backstage with three ballerinas, including Boston Ballet principal Lia Cirio. Below, she shows us how she personalizes her space and walks us through her pre-performance routine. Cirio snaps a selfie at her dressing room spot. The setup: Boston […]
In a studio rehearsal for Boston Ballet’s new Raymonda, principals Ji Young Chae and Jeffrey Cirio run through the dream scene pas de deux with a liquid elegance that camouflages their heavy breathing. It’s only when the music stops and Cirio puts his hands on his knees while Chae lets herself visibly gasp for air […]