“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 […]
“Our next generation is coming in very strong,” says Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen, who recently promoted five company dancers to the rank of principal—Kathleen Breen Combes, Pavel Gurevich, Melissa Hough, Misa Kuranaga and James Whiteside. Significantly, four of the five members of the new crop of stars worked their way up from either […]
Go behind the scenes with Boston Ballet principal Misa Kuranaga as she blogs from the company’s Spain tour —plus photos! I’m writing from Barcelona, Spain where I’m on tour with Boston Ballet for five weeks and in six cities throughout the country. We just flew into Barcelona last Saturday, all 45 dancers and some staff, […]
I’m now in Las Palmas and writing to you from the pool at the hotel. We had our first free day today! This past week we’ve been in San Sebastían and Santander. We were in both cities for only two days and they went by so quickly! It was chilly in both but there were […]
The Stars Descend on Vail This year, International Evenings of Dance will include new works. International Evenings of Dance, which features an array of celebrated dancers each year, has become a signature event at the Vail International Dance Festival in Colorado. But this August, the smorgasbord of stars will have an exciting new […]
Some professional dancers start teaching before they even start performing; others teach to help refresh their technique and prepare for the future. Training younger dancers yields fresh insights that can’t be found in the rehearsal studio or onstage. Seven dancers who find time to teach spoke to Pointe about how it helps their dancing and […]
Wonder what’s going on in ballet? We’ve rounded up some highlights. NYCB Presents a World Premiere by Justin Peck to a Commissioned Score by Sufjan Stevens January 31 marks an exciting night in New York City Ballet’s winter season with a triple bill titled New Combinations featuring Kyle Abraham‘s The Runaway, William Forsythe‘s Herman Schmerman […]
In case you missed it, our favorite actress/dance fangirl Jennifer Garner hit the studio this weekend to brush up on her technique (stars, they really are just like us). And the end result might be even better than Garner’s #TutuTuesday posts. At the request of American Ballet Theatre principal Isabella Boylston, Garner took to her […]