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Company Life

Two male dancers, one is a rat costume and the other dressed as a Nutcracker, lunge towards each other with swords in front of a black and red backdrop.
Company Life

Costume Drama: How to Breeze Through a Stressful Quick Change

Amy Brandt
Anna Rose O'Sullivan poses in parralel passee on pointe, bending her upper body back in cambé with her arms in third arabesque. Marcelino Sambé stands beihnd her and holds her by the waist. She wears a pink tutu and gold tiara, while he wears a pink tunic, white tights and slippers, and a large crown.
Company Life

The Sugar Plum Fairy May Be a Cultural Icon, but Who Is She Really?

Sarah McKenna Barry
Four ballerinas in identical white tutus and feathered headpieces join hands and do a relevé passé with their right leg. They all look over their right shoulder and perform in front of a dark backdrop.
Company Life

On the Road: Inside San Francisco Ballet’s Tour to Madrid

Sasha De Sola and Julia Rowe
Eric Figueredo, dressed as Count Dracula in a long red velvet cape, gently clasps his hands in front as he leans back in an uncanny manner. His long hair is gray and stringy, and his complexion very pale.
Company Life

Embodying the Undead: Milwaukee Ballet’s Eric Figueredo on Becoming Dracula

Eric Figueredo As Told To Kyra Laubacher
Gen Horiuchi, wear dance practice clothes, talks to a ballerina during a rehearsal in a brightly lit dance studio.
Company Life

How Artistic Directors Program a Season

Sierra Hitchcock
A ballet dancer in a black camisole leotard and black trash bag pants sits on the floor and ties her pointe shoe ribbons in a dance studio.
Company Life

How to Thrive in a New Dance Environment

Jess Spinner
Chloe Misseldine and Michal Krčmář perform the Black Swan pas de deux onstage. Misseldine, wearing a black tutu with gold trim and a gold tiara, does a first arabesque penché on pointe with her right leg raised. Her partner, dressed in a black velvet tunic and white tights, stands behind her with his right leg in tendu side and holds her right hand.
Company Life

Chloe Misseldine Reflects on Guesting With State Ballet of Georgia

Caroline Tonks
Pointe shoe manager Gregg Benkovich is shown in profile from the waist up. He stands next to a wall of cubbies with piles of pointe shoes or ballet slippers stuffed into each one. He wears a gray t-shirt and glasses.
Company Life

How Shoe Managers at Ballet Companies Keep Dancers on Their Feet

Sierra Hitchcock

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