Sophie Bress

Sophie Bress is a journalist and dance critic. She regularly contributes to Dance Magazine and Fjord Review, and has also written for The New York Times, NPR, Observer, Pointe, and Dance Teacher.

In a ballet studio, an ensemble of dancers pose with one leg in b-plus, toes flexed, with their upper bodies curved forward. They curve their arms up and back to match the line and tilt their heads to the side.

News

More Pointe, More Women Choreographers in Ballet Hispánico’s Mujeres Program

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In a pink dance studio, a teenage ballet student and her teacher face each other and look at each other tensely while the other classmates stand and watch. The dancers wear black leotards, black ballet skirts, pink tights and ballet slippers, while the teacher wears a long-sleeved black sweater and ballet skirt.

Pointe+

What to Do When You’re Not Connecting With Your Ballet Teacher

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A large group of female ballet dancers dressed as flowers surround a cavalier lifting the Dew Drop Fairy, who poses in a parallel retiré.

Everything "Nutcracker"

Ballet West Celebrates 80 Years of America’s Oldest Nutcracker

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News

Lucy Ashe’s New Novel, The Sleeping Beauties, Explores Ballet and WWII History

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Katlyn Addison does a piqué attitude in croisé and sweeps her arms to her left, her left arm raised and her right slightly lower. She looks out over her left shoulder and smiles elegantly. She wears a pink tutu with gold and rhinestone embellishments, a jeweled necklace and tiara, brown tights and brown pointe shoes. Behind her, a young male and female dancer sit on a throne and watch her dance.

Digital Cover Star

Quickfire Questions With Katlyn Addison, Our September/October Digital Cover Star

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Katlyn Addison and David Huffmire perform a pas de deux onstage. Huffmire lunges to his right and holds Addison by the waist as she lunges forward in a penché in attitude, arms out to the side and pressed slightly behind her. She wears a black tutu, brown tights and pointe shoes, and a large, golden tiara, and she looks out towards the audience with a powerful demeanor. Huffmire is costumed in black tights and ballet slippers, and a black velvet tunic.

Digital Cover Star

Ballet West’s Katlyn Addison Brings Thoughtful Curiosity to Every Role

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A cute white piggy bank wearing a pink rhinestone tiara and tiny pink tutu rests on top of a pink table. Below its feet is a one dollar bill, and loose change is scattered off to its right side.

Summer Study

In Need of Financial Aid? Here Are Tips for Funding Your Summer Intensive

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Career

Louisville Ballet’s Road to Post-Pandemic Recovery

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