Hannah Chang Foster

Hannah Chang Foster is a dancer and an arts writer based in Virginia.

Miriam Miller and Peter Walker dance a pas de deux onstage. Miller, wearing a black and white striped leotard with a red waistband and and white tights, does a penché on pointe facing stage left as Walker lunges next to her, holding her waist. Miller put her arm around Walker's shoulder and lefts her right arm up. Walker wears a gray and black unitard.

Cross-Training

Straight Knees in a Hyperextended World

Hannah Chang Foster

In front of a projected backdrop showing an upside-down Chinese temple, two dancers in long dresses face each other onstage in a deep fourth position. They lunge on their front legs and arch back, arms bent up and backward with chests wide.

News

Lady White Snake: A Chinese Folktale Comes to Life at Lincoln Center

Hannah Chang Foster

A tenage female ballet student in a black sweatshirt and sweatpants stands next to a vertical banner that says Ballet Bridges. Dance clothing and shoes are in organized piles on the floor in front of her, and a wardrobe rack full of costumes ub to her left.

Pointe+

This 16-Year-Old Dancer’s Nonprofit Has Gone Global

Hannah Chang Foster

Kellen Hornbuckle, a young ballerina wearing a black leotard and pink tights and slippers, stands at a portable barre in the middle of a large dance studio and does a degagé à la seconde with her right leg. In the background, two of her classmates in the same attire do the same step at the barre against the wall.

Pointe+

How to Prep If You Want a Trainee or Second Company Spot Next Year

Hannah Chang Foster

In front of an emerald green backdrop, a female dancer in a white classical tutu stands in attitude derriere on pointe, supported by her partner, who lunges behind her and holds her waist. He wears a black unitard.

News

London City Ballet’s Revival Brings 4 U.S. Premieres to The Joyce

Hannah Chang Foster

Career

The Do’s and Don’ts of Performing Outdoors

Hannah Chang Foster

In a large, brightly-lit dance studio, Ma Cong demonstrates choreography as a large group of dancers watch. One female dancer directly behind him mirrors his movement, laying her head in her hands.

News

Good Is Good: Ma Cong on His New Role as Artistic Director of Richmond Ballet

Hannah Chang Foster

Stoner Winslett demonstrates an open allongé port de bras position in rehearsal with a large group of dancers.

News

Trailblazer, Caretaker: Richmond Ballet’s Stoner Winslett Reflects on her 44-Year Directorship

Hannah Chang Foster